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Re: Maryland/DC Rare Birds: the latest update of the MD/DC Records Committee

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Bob Hartman

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Bob Hartman

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Sun, 4 Feb 2007 17:59:07 -0500

Hi All - Taylor's note prompted me to take a look at this web site, 
which has a lot of good stuff.  One thing I looked at was the MD 
Official List, both ornithological and chronological order.  I have a 
question and a suggestion concerning the latter:

Question: Apparently the list was generated in 1958 by Stewart & 
Robbins, but there were no species added to the list between 1958 and 
1985.  Was 1985 when the MD/DCRC was formed?

Suggestion: In the chronological list, I think a lot of people would 
find it useful to see, for species that have occurred only once or 
twice, the first and last dates the bird was seen.  For example, the 
Sandgates Kelp Gull was accepted in 2003, but I saw it in early 1999, 
and it may have been here in late 1998.  Not sure when it was last seen, 
but I believe it was after 2003.

	Bob Hartman
	Colesville/Silver Spring