MD Osprey / BRCF-L:

The MD/DC Records Committee (MD/DCRC) has updated key data products on its 
web pages at this URL ...

         http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html


Highlights:

1. Updated Official Lists for MD and DC. The MD species total is now 424. 
The DC species total is now 325.

2. Updated Review Lists for MD and DC:

         Maryland Review List changes: As of 30 March 2005, the following 
MD changes were made: American White Pelican will no longer be reviewed in 
MD (all reports prior to 30 Mar will be reviewed); Rufous Hummingbirds will 
no longer be reviewed in MD (observers are still strongly encouraged to 
report and have "western" hummingbird banded since rarer species are 
difficult to separate - note Rufous Hummingbirds are still reviewable in 
DC); Swallow-tailed Kite will no longer be reviewed in MD; the reviewable 
range of Common Raven in MD is redefined as "south and east of Frederick 
AND Montgomery Counties;" Cackling Goose will not be reviewable in MD 
(although subspecies other than _hutchinsii_ should be reported and are 
reviewable as "subspecies/forms unusual to MD"); and Great Skua is now 
reviewable anywhere in MD.

         DC Review List changes: Lark Sparrow and Yellow-headed Blackbird 
are now reviewable in DC.

3. Updated Abridged MD/DCRC Databases for MD and DC records and reports. 
More fields have been added to these PDF reports and a new format is used. 
These reports are primarily intended as searchable on-line references. The 
MD database listing report is quite long. (I would not recommended printing 
it!)

4. Updated List Chronologies ("list histories") showing the years in which 
species were added to the Official MD and DC lists.

5. Minutes from the MD/DCRC Annual Meeting, held on 5 Mar 2005.

6. A recent review package status report. A summary listing of the reports 
that are currently in circulation and those that have been circulated 
within the past six months or so.

7. Updated index of identification and reference articles contained in the 
MD/DCRC reference library.

8. MD Subspecies Review List. This is the first time this information has 
even been published. A number of years ago, the MD/DCRC formed a Subspecies 
Review Subcommittee to study and make recommendations as to which unusual 
subspecies or forms should be reviewed in MD. Marshall Iliff took on this 
project and has drafted a very complete and detailed annotated checklist of 
subspecies seen in Maryland. This manuscript should be published in the 
future, however, recommendations from his paper form the content of this 
initial subspecies review list.

9. A listing of the current committee members.


I would like to thanks the MOS Web Site Director, Fran Saunders, for 
posting all of these data products!

Phil



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Phil Davis, Secretary
MD/DC Records Committee
2549 Vale Court
Davidsonville, Maryland  21035     USA
301-261-0184
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MD/DCRC Web site:  http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html
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