OK ... both feet are wounded ... that should be 1890 (not 1980) for 
the C.W. Richmond historical DC record ... Thanks, Dave M.!

BTW ... this was record was missing from our database, that's why I 
first missed it. I've captured it now ... so there is a silver lining ...

Phil


At 17:35 01/23/2007, Phil Davis wrote:
>Mary, et al.
>
>Too fast on the trigger ... I shot myself in the foot ...
>
>One correction ... Bewick's Wren IS on the Official List of the 
>Birds of DC. Stewart and Robbins (1958) indicates a record by C.W. 
>Richmond from 1980. Since includes it on the DC baseline list.
>
>Sorry for the confusion ...
>
>Also ... MD/DCRC URL is in the signature block on this message ...
>
>Phil
>
>
>At 17:31 01/23/2007, Phil Davis wrote:
>>Hi Mary:
>>
>>If you haven't already done so, you will want to check the detailed 
>>species account in Stewart and Robbins (1958), Birds of Maryland 
>>and District of Columbia. This is the Maryland and DC ornithological baseline.
>>
>>The Maryland/DC Records Committee (MD/DCRC) was founded in the 
>>early-mid 1980s and the first published Review List in 1986 
>>indicated that Bewick's Wren was reviewable anywhere in MD and DC.
>>
>>A summary of our MD/DCRC database can be found on our web pages at 
>>the URL in my signature block. A direct link to the MD database is here ...
>>
>>         http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/pdf/mddatabase.pdf
>>
>>This is a large PDF document (don't print it!), but do a search or 
>>find for "Bewick's Wren" and you will be taken to a listing of all 
>>BEWR reports and records in our database. The items in the 
>>Unreviewable and Reviewable categories are a part of our historical 
>>canvass; these represent published sight records for which 
>>reviewable documentation probably does not exist.
>>
>>There are no accepted records for DC; there is one Not Accepted 
>>record. The DC database is here ...
>>
>>         http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/pdf/dcdatabase.pdf
>>
>>The species is currently on our MD/DCRC Maryland Review List, which 
>>can be found here ...
>>
>>         http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/pdf/mdreview.pdf
>>
>>Since the species is not now on the Official List of the Birds of 
>>the District of Columbia, any sighting in DC would be reviewable.
>>
>>Hope this helps ...
>>
>>Phil
>>
>>
>>At 08:16 01/23/2007, Pfaffko, Mary (DDOE) wrote:
>>>Dear Birders,
>>>
>>>I am reviewing a status report on Bewick's wren & am seeking thoughts from
>>>anyone who might have expertise on the status of the wren in MD/DC & the
>>>reason for it's population decline.  While the wren was considered common in
>>>western portions of MD in the 1940s, it has become a rarity.
>>>
>>>Has anyone spotted a Bewick's wren in/around DC or eastern portions of MD?
>>>Any suspicions on the reasons for its decline?  I welcome your thoughts if
>>>you'd like to weigh in.
>>>
>>>Here is the history I have so far:
>>>During the late 1940s, Hampe and Kolb stated that T.b. altus was a summer
>>>resident & common breeder in western Maryland and that it was rare in the
>>>eastern part of the state. There were no breeding records for Baltimore-DC &
>>>Eastern Shore & only casual breeders in the Piedmont region near Cooksville
>>>and Millers. By the 1970s, it was rarely reported nesting anywhere but
>>>western MD from Garrett through Baltimore counties.
>>>
>>>The Atlas of breeding birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia shows
>>>declines in populations of Maryland and DC in the 1960s. By the late 1990s,
>>>Bewick's Wren had disappeared in most places it had once occurred as a
>>>breeding bird and was now considered a rarity (Robbins and Blom 1996). They
>>>note two possible causes of decline: the coinciding population explosion of
>>>the House Wren in these areas & cold weather in recent years.
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>Mary
>>>
>>>Mary Pfaffko
>>>Wildlife Biologist
>>>Fisheries & Wildlife Division
>>>DC Department of the Environment
>>>51 N St., NE, 5th floor
>>>Washington, DC 20002
>>>202.535.1739
>>>
>
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