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Re: RFI: The 1964 Kent Island, MD MacGillivrary's Warbler

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Phil Davis

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:58:11 -0400

Hi Danny:

Thanks for offering to speak to Jan. We did check with Chan ... it seems
that it's his records that can't be located at PWRC.  Paul Bystrak also
replied and suggested that I check with his brother Danny and Dave Bridges.
I'll follow-up on those last two.  Let me know if you learn anything from Jan.

I think there are just three birder's left in MD that do not have email ...
Jan, Jim Gruber, and Sam Dyke!

Thanks, again.

Phil



At 15:37 10/18/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi phil and everyone I can not speak on this personaly, being 6 years old at
>the time . But will check  with Jan Reese In Talbot County if he knows
>anything about it. He does Not  have Email  but I will call him . You also
>may want to check with Chan Robbins He may know .
>Danny Poet  Queenstown Md  
>
>>From: Phil Davis <>
>>Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding <>
>>To: 
>>Subject: [MDOSPREY] RFI: The 1964 Kent Island, MD MacGillivrary's Warbler
>>Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 02:08:23 -0400
>>
>>MD Osprey (really, you "old timers"):
>>
>>I'm  working on updating the MD/DC Records Committee database to
>>synchronize it with published historical sightings ...
>>
>>Back on October 6, 1964 an apparent MacGillivray's Warbler was captured and
>>banded on the eastern shore at Stevensville on Kent Island in Queen Anne's
>>County, MD by Jane Church. This was a banding project under the "Operation
>>Recovery" program. I have the banding sheet, however, apparently some of
>>the other Operation Recovery records cannot be located. Back in 1995, I
>>wrote Mrs. Church (who lived in AZ at the time) and she provided some
>>additional written information; however, there was never enough of a
>>description for the MD/DC Records Committee to review.
>>
>>I just re-read the file on this bird and I now see that Mrs. Church eludes
>>to the fact that the bird may have been photographed; in fact, it looks
>>like the bird's picture may even have appeared on the front page of the
>>defunct Washington Evening Star newspaper. (The only reference I've found
>>to an archive or newspaper morgue for the old Washington Star is on
>>microfilm at the DC Public Library.) The only published reference in
>>Maryland Birdlife was a mentioned of the bird in MB 22(1):17-22 in an
>>article entitled, "1964 County Bird Lists" by Hank Kaestner, which
>>presented the equivalent of our annual MD Osprey "comp" lists, but on a
>>county-by-county basis (an interesting idea, heh?).
>>
>>This is a request for any information from anyone who may remember this
>>bird or can any provide leads on further documentation. Feel free to
>>respond privately or via the MD Osprey list ... some people may be
>>interested in following this thread, if anything more comes to light.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Phil
>>
>>
>>===================================================
>>Phil Davis, Secretary
>>MD/DC Records Committee
>>2549 Vale Court
>>Davidsonville, Maryland  21035     USA
>>301-261-0184
>>mailto:[log in to unmask]
>>
>>MD/DCRC Web site:  http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html
>>===================================================