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Phil Davis

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Phil Davis

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Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:40:31 -0400

MD Osprey:

First, I encourage everyone to read Marshall Iliff's excellent 
article that was tailored to this hurricane (Irene) and to the storm 
birds likely in our area. Matt Hafner provided the link, below. Here 
it is again ...

         http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/hurricane-irene-en-route

Below, I have summarize which of some of the more likely "storm" 
species are reviewable, in accordance with the MD/DC Records 
Committee's MD and DC Review Lists ... The following are reviewable 
and documentation is welcome:
(Note: I am paraphrasing from the actual review lists)

Maryland:
If seen anywhere in MD, inland or over the ocean:
     Black-capped Petrel
     Cape Verde Shearwater
     White-faced Storm-Petrel
     Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
     Magnificent Frigatebird
     Brown Booby
     Arctic Tern
     South Polar Skua
     Long-tailed Jaeger
     and any "new" MD species that are not currently on the Official MD List

If seen away from coastal Worcester County:
     Cory's Shearwater
     Great Shearwater
     Sooty Shearwater
     Manx Shearwater
     Audubon's Shearwater
     Leach's Storm-Petrel
     Bridled Tern
     Roseate Tern

If seen at locations other than coastal Worcester, in the Chesapeake 
Bay or its major tributaries; or if seen along the Potomac River 
north of the Charles/Prince George's County line:
     Wilson's Storm-Petrel
     Sooty Tern - [I was wrong yesterday when I said this species is 
not reviewable any in Maryland. Sorry, this is the correct status.]
     Pomarine Jaeger
     Parasitic Jaeger


District of Columbia:
If seen anywhere in DC:
     Leach's Storm-Petrel
     Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
     Sooty Tern
     Bridled Tern
     Parasitic Jaeger
     Long-tailed Jaeger
     and any "new" DC species that are not currently on the Official DC List
         [Note Wilson's Storm-Petrel is not on the DC list, so any 
report would be new to DC]
         [Note" Pomarine Jaeger is not on the DC list, so any report 
would be new to DC]

Hope this helps ...

Phil


At 15:44 08/26/2011, Matt Hafner wrote:
>Jason and others,
>
>Marshall Iliff wrote this article for eBird on the hurricane that 
>summarizes some great information on birding in storms.
>
>http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/hurricane-irene-en-route
>
>I think we will have to wait until tomorrow to see what the storm 
>does before we can reasonably guess what is the best strategy for 
>finding storm-blown birds.

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