I think this covers it:

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(ii) An indigenous species currently accepted by the Checklist Committee but observed in the past when it was not considered a valid full species may be counted. 
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Mike Burchett
Morgantown, WV
Churchville, MD

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Richard Wood 
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  Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Banked Birds


  Actually, I DO care insofar as my list is MY list and I can list anything on it.  I have species on my life list that records committees don't approve of.  It just seems to me that the one's that "subscribe" to the record committees would be the ones that would go by the "official rules".  
   
   I seem to recall being told that one cannot count a bird until it has been split.  One cannot then go back and add it once it HAS been split, you have to see it again after the split.  Thus, all the non-Dark-eyed-Juncos that I have seen can't be counted if and when they are split until I observe them AFTER they have been split.  Same for a Western Palm Warbler, it's still a Palm Warbler until one sees it the next day after it is split.
   
   Good birding,
   Richard
   
  Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
  Computational Chemist
  Cockeysville, MD 21030