Hi MD Osprey:

Sorry this late ... catching up on email, here ...

Just a reminder that the Common Teal is reviewable as an unusual form or 
subspecies for MD. The British have already split the "Eurasian" Common 
Teal (Anas crecca crecca) into a separate species from the "American" 
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca carolinensis) and the expectation is that 
the American Ornithological Union (AOU) may follow suit some time in the 
future. Therefore, this could be a Maryland "bank bird" for you.

Report, photos, etc. would be welcome.

Thanks.

Phil


At 21:57 03/29/2006, CURSON, David wrote:
>I stopped off at Pickering Creek this morning to look for the Pectoral 
>Sandpiper reported by Les Roslund. I couldn't see it but I did find a 
>drake Common Teal with the Green-wingeds visible on the old impoundment 
>from the blind on Audubon Road.  I guess it's probably the same bird that 
>was here last March.


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