Highlights from Saturday in OC:

 

Thick-billed Murre (5 photos)

 

http://www.pbase.com/wcbirding/image/74865935

 

Red-necked Grebe (1 photo)

 

http://www.pbase.com/wcbirding/image/74866472

 

For those interested, here are the prior six Worcester records in the data
base for Thick-billed Murre:

 

TBMU  03/03/1973  1  FB, "38 m E OC","38 25N, 74 24W, 70 km ENE OC".
(Rowlett, R. A.) (AB 27:598 AN 28:122, 125 Rowlett 1973c) AN "fourth MD
sight record".

 

TBMU  01/09/1977  1  AI/NE, "6 km S. of OC, in surf"  38 16 N, 75 08 W.
(Rowlett, R. A., Whitcomb, S. B.) (Rowlett 1977b See also Rowlett 1980 and
H&D98.) R77b "photographed in surf". MDDCRC accepted MD1997-237.

 

TBMU  02/26/1995  2  OCP, MD waters. (MLH, Patteson, B., et al.) (MB 52:70
Hoffman and Davis 1998 Unpub. Obs.) MDDCRC accepted MD1997-423 & MD1997-297.
Photo on cover MB 51#1. 0540:1710.

 

TBMU  02/18/1996  3  OCP, (MLH, Patteson, B., et al.) MB cites BP et al. FN
cites BP, MOB et al. (NAB MB 53:34 FN 50:156 Unpub. Obs.) MLH only saw 1.
NAB "all flying".

 

TBMU  05/13/1998  1  OC/INLET, FN SPNAME bold. alternate plumaged ad. (Dyke,
S. H., Vaughn, C. R., Vaughn, G.) (MB 55:29 FN 52:314) FN "most unusual
product of NE storm 05/13-14". "pending accept.".

 

TBMU  11/06/1999  1  OC/INLET, (Stasz, J. L.) (NAB 54:36) "flyby". "written
details received, pending acceptance".

 

 

Mark L Hoffman

Sykesville, MD