Mark:  The individudal you need to contact with the information you seek is 
Carl Slater.  He was the organizer and leader of the trip.

Slater Carl
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Hoffman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Scaup


> Ben - Do you have a trip list (with dates, times and numbers) for the
> Worcester County portion of the trip (where Lesser Scaup are more common
> than Greater).  I think we saw your group several times during the rarity
> roundup.
>
> Thanks.
> Mark L Hoffman
> 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of ben
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:13 PM
> To: 
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Scaup
>
> :
>
> Perhaps you can help me. I just returned from a five day birding trip with
> the Brooks Bird Club of W.Va. We birded DelMarVa. Last evening we were
> getting a final tally of birds when the leader came to Greater/Lesser 
> Scaup.
> I mentioned Lesser Scaup and a man with a loud, authoritarian voice said 
> in
> a rather belligerent manner that there were no more Lesser Scaup but they
> were now known only as Greater Scaup. What ever characteristic one used in
> the past as an identifying factor (head shape, wing discoloration, side
> color, it mattered not) none of these were definitive and thus it was
> decided that there would be only Greater Scaup. He said, "They are doing
> this in Britain." I had never heard of this nor had anyone at my table. 
> Can
> you shed any light on this for me please?
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> Ben Poscover
>
> Towson MD
>
> 
>