MD Osprey:

Cattle Egret is one of those species for which the MD/DC Records 
Committee has never located a published photo that was taken in DC 
nor does it have such a photo in its files. If anyone is able to take 
a photo of this species in DC, we would appreciate a copy.

Several species in this category were photographed over the past 
year. Here is the remaining list of the (relatively) more common, 
non-reviewable DC species for which we would still like to capture photographs:

         Snow Goose
         Gadwall
         Redhead
         Snowy Egret
         Cattle Egret
         American Coot
         American Golden-Plover
         Ruddy Turnstone
         White-rumped Sandpiper
         Long-billed Dowitcher
         Iceland Gull
         Lesser Black-backed Gull
         Glaucous Gull
         Great Black-backed Gull
         Least Tern
         Caspian Tern
         Chuck-will's-widow
         Olive-sided Flycatcher
         Common Raven
         Common Redpoll



Thanks!

Phil


At 13:12 04/22/2009, Gail Mackiernan wrote:
>A rather threatening day weather-wise (we had hail en route downtown) so
>decided to look for the Cattle Egret that Jim Felley reported yesterday. We
>did and it was still in the exact same spot (where Tidal Basin empties out
>into the Potomac, actually feeding on the grass), A very attractive
>individual in full breeding plumage. A new DC bird for both of us!

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Phil Davis, Secretary
MD/DC Records Committee
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Davidsonville, Maryland  21035     USA
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