MD Osprey:

It's somewhat serendipitous that we currently have a (maybe) 
chaseable Barnacle Goose in Maryland and today is also the date of 
the official announcement of the acceptance of this species onto the 
Official List of the Birds of Maryland. The MD/DCRC web products 
(official list, database, review list, etc.) will be updated shortly; 
however, we wanted to pass the word now, in conjunction with the 
presence of the Chestertown bird.

MD/DCRC Chair, Bill Hubick will shortly be sending out some 
background information on the sightings that the committee has just accepted.

The Barnacle Goose acceptance brings the number of species on the 
Official List of the Birds of Maryland up to 439.

Note that the Chestertown bird is still subject to review by the 
MD/DCRC in terms of whether or not it will be accepted as an 
additional Maryland record.

Phil



PS. FYI, my report of my sighting of the Chestertown bird this 
morning is here ... (and no laughing at my sketch!) ...

         http://birdimages.posterous.com/barnacle-goose-at-chestertown

The geese flock had mostly flown in to the field by about 8:15 am and 
then it was just a simple (!) matter of locating it among the 
thousands of Canada Geese.


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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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