For some reason the post I sent in to Osprey on Tuesday regarding the GBBC 
is not there (there are no entries on Osprey from this Tuesday 2/21).  I 
told Norm and he is aware of the anomoly.

I was unaware of the GBBC data review and am glad to learn of it.  Does 
anyone know who the volunteer reviewer is for MD?  There are many birders 
out there with varying levels of experience and enthusiasm, and it is a 
great way for all to participate in citizen science.  Bottom line - I 
think the GBBC is a lot of fun and enjoy looking at the results.

Regarding the GBBC data review, I know when I submitted my entries to GBBC 
I was automatically prompted to "confirm" three of my entries because the 
system considered them to be rare for MD (?) and in need of confirmation.  
They were AMWI, WISN and EAPH.  Interestingly, none of these 3 are "rare" 
in my area (Upper Marlboro) during winter - all are present annually even 
if only occasionally, and in late winter can be found daily in some 
years.  One of these species (WISN, the most common!) still has not showed 
up on the "results" yet for my area - I guess it still needs reviewed by 
whoever is the "volunteer reviewer" for MD (refer to today's Osprey post 
from Jane Kostenko).  However, two "odd" (in my opinion) rare birds 
reported in 2006 GBBC for our area do show up on the results- five 
Glaucous Gulls and four Ravens.  These were probably misreported or 
misidentified, but I would like to know where they were seen if they were 
correct.  Perhaps a future version of teh GBBC database will allow for 
details on rare species to be provided from the results tab with some kind 
of hyperlink.  

Cheers!

Jeff Shenot
Croom MD