MD Osprey:

Also ... Common Scoter has been recorded in Greenland and on some of the 
the eastern Atlantic islands.

... and then there is also the Goosander v. Common Mergansger ...  and 
Common v. Wilson's Snipe ...

Phil



At 13:48 01/18/2005, you wrote:
>Yes, on a number of occasions. Also, British birders are constantly looking
>for other North American "variants" such as American Herring Gull (which the
>BOU has split from Herring Gull), White-winged as opposed to their Velvet
>Scoter, North American race Northern Harriers and Rough-Legged Hawks, North
>American Black Terns etc. Some of the British Birding magazines, most
>especially "Birding World," have published excellent articles over the years
>on identifying these forms and we Yanks can use them to do the "reverse"
>separation.
>
>Gail Mackiernan
>Colesville, MD
>
>on 01/18/2005 8:58 AM, Brendan A. Klick at  wrote:
>
> > Then what about the opposite. Have our 'North American' Black Scoter been
> > recorded in Europe.
> >
> > Brendan
> >

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