Ned:

I'll forward you a report from the MD/DC Records Committee database with 
all the details we have captured for known sightings.

Phil


At 12:35 02/11/2005, Todd Day wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I'm forwarding the following for Ned Brinkley.  He can be reached at
> (mailto:[log in to unmask]) .
>
>_______________________________
>
>Greetings all,
>
>A paper on extralimital reports of Painted Bunting  has been submitted to
>North American Birds, a journal I work on, and it  occurs to me that folks on
>this
>listserv could help out in checking the list  of reports from Maryland.  In
>some
>cases, there is no record of  the plumage of the bird, or the dates are
>incomplete or  uncertain.   If you've seen a Painted Bunting in Maryland,
>could you
>check the list to see if you're able to fill in any blanks?  Anyone who
>helps to
>fill in a blank or make a correction will be acknowledged in the  published
>paper. (In the list below "green" means either a young male or a  female;
>"male"
>means a bird in definitive adult male plumage; "unknown"  means the plumage
>details were not published.)   A list for  Delaware follows the Maryland
>list, and if anyone has information on those  birds, your help there would be
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance for any assistance
>
>Ned Brinkley
>Cape  Charles, VA
>(see list below)
>
>Maryland ~ 17 reports (MISSING ONE  REPORT?)
>unknown      Worcester       31 Aug 1963
>male      Montgomery       18 Apr 1972
>male      Anne Arundel       26 Dec 1981­21 Jan 1982
>unknown  Worcester       29 Dec 1991­19 Apr  1992
>green          Kent                21 May  1992
>unknown      Prince George      28 Nov­2 Dec  1992
>unknown      St. Marys       8 Feb­4 Apr 1993
>green          St.  Marys           18 Feb­2 Mar 1993  (?same?)
>male          Worcester            15 Feb­8 Apr  1993
>male          Cecil            13­19 Dec 1993
>male          Worcester  27 Dec 1993­5 Apr 1994
>male          Worcester       20­28 Jan 1995
>male      Frederick           21 May 2001 [‘14th record for  state’]
>male          Harford           1 Mar­8 Apr  2002
>male           St. Mary’s       6­7 Aug 2002
>green       Talbot            2­16 Dec 2002
>green       Howard           15­24 Dec  2003
>male           St. Mary’s       8 May 2004
>green      Worcester       22 May 2004

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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
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