MD Osprey:
The MD/DC Records Committee (MD/DCRC) has just posted a batch of
updates to our web page, located here ...
http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html
Highlights include the following ...
1. DC Official List and related documents. The committee has accepted
a Painted Bunting, observed at Hains Point on 05/15/2010. The number
of species on the DC list now stands at 331. The newly updated
Official DC List can be found here ...
http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/pdf/dclist.pdf
2. MD Review List changes. The committee the following changes to the
MD Review List:
a. Ross's Goose - is removed from the MD Review List. It is no
longer reviewable anywhere in MD. It has become virtually annual on
the Western Shore.
b. Common Murre - is removed from the MD Review List. This species
has become virtually annual on MD winter pelagics.
c. Eurasian or "Common" [Green-winged] Teal. This subspecies was
formerly reviewable anywhere in MD; now it is only reviewable if
observed west of the Coastal Plain, except along the Susquehanna
River [Code 4C]. Note: this taxon has still not yet been split by the
AOU Checklist Committee.
The revised MD Review List can be found here ...
http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/pdf/mdreview.pdf
The revised MD Subspecies Review List can be found here ...
http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/pdf/mdsubrev.pdf
3. Minutes of the 2010 MD/DCRC Skins Workshop at the Smithsonian
Institution. The committee's workshop minutes include species
accounts by the following authors, including photographs, for the
following taxa [Fred Shaffer's gull accounts are especially recommended!]:
1. Brown Booby [vs. Northern Gannet] - Bill Hubick
2. Pacific Loon [vs. Common and Arctic Loon] - Mikey Lutmerding
3. Mew Gull [L. c. canus, L. c. kamtschatschensis, L. c.
brachyrhynchus, and Ring-billed Gull] - Fred Shaffer
4. Lesser White-fronted Goose - Leo Weigant
5. California Gull subspecies [nominate vs. albertaensis] - Fred Shaffer
6. Ivory Gull [specifics of the 1842 specimen only] - Phil Davis
These minutes can be found here ...
http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/pdf/rcskins2010.pdf
[warning - long, > 50 pages]
Note: minutes of the 2011 workshop are still in preparation.
4. Minutes of the 2011 MD/DCRC Annual Meeting. The format of the
middle section of our meeting minutes has been reorganized from
previous years to better reflect the organization of material that
will eventually be included in our planned publication, The Rare
Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia (still years away!)
Some of the topics of interest in these minutes include the following:
a. Discussion of recent and future AOU Checklist changes related to our region.
b. Comments on the status of Trumpeter Swan, in preparation for an
MD/DCRC review of contemporary MD reports.
c. A detailed section that summarized MD/DCRC "inputs" (sources of
contemporary and historical records) that are key to our records
canvass in preparation for The Rare Birds of Maryland and the
District of Columbia. Some of these historical source include: data
from the earlier DC Bird Records Committee, the Smithsonian
Institution (and other ornithological collections) specimens and
databases, the Bird Banding Lab database and banding schedule files,
the North American Bird Phenology Program (BPP) card files, PWRC nest
record cards, the Breeding Bird Survey database, the Historic
Ornithology project of Jim Ducey of Nebraska, a compilation of
Historical Checklists, Christmas Bird Count results publications and
database, other counts - such as Maryland "Gull Days," PWRC/Chan
Robbins archives canvass, the Fish and Wildlife Service Lighthouse
Records, and reconciliation with Bob Ringler's Maryland Birdlife database.
d. Some interesting output products that described in our minutes,
including: our on-line MD and DC databases, our identification and
reference index, our rarities bibliography, our historical checklist
compilation and integrated historical checklist projects, and our
MD/DCRC resources blog.
e. A summary is provided of the key journals and publications that
have supplied sources of records, and the libraries and Internet
sources that support our research.
These 2011 Annual Meeting Minutes and Annual Business Report can be
found here ...
http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/pdf/rcannual2011.pdf
[warning - long, almost 50 pages]
Thanks to John Christy for posting these updates!
Phil
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Phil Davis, Secretary
MD/DC Records Committee
2549 Vale Court
Davidsonville, Maryland 21035 USA
301-261-0184
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MD/DCRC Web site: http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html
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