Re: MARYLAND'S NEXT TEN

Marcia Watson-Whitmyre (mww@UDel.Edu)
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 15:24:58 -0400 

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Speaking of Little Egret, can someone refer me to a good reference for the field
marks for this one?  I spend a lot of time looking at waders, so maybe someday...
Marcia Watson-Whitmyre
Cecil County

Miliff@aol.com wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I can't resist throwing in my two bits on Rick's TOP TEN LIST.  With a few
> obvious exceptions, my list came out quite different, but that's the fn of
> this sort of thing I think.  I'll let loose with my own here, ranked from most
> likely to least.
>
> 1. EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (no argument on that one!)
> 2. SHINY COWBIRD (same story)
> 3. SAY'S PHOEBE (records from almost EVERY other eastern state, including that
> PA bird this past winter)
> 4. GARGANEY (records from around the country in April/May - _probably_ wild.
> At least a few VA reports and the recent Brigantine bird)
> 5. TOWNSEND'S WARBLER (annual on the East Coast in late fall, look for this
> one at Assteague in, say, November or feeders anywhere thereafter)
> 6. SLATY-BACKED GULL (Maryland has some good landfills...)
> 7. BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (yeah Gary!)
> 8. GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE (Old report with no data, used to be more frequent in
> the East but still possible)
> 9. WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD (with some El Nino hurricanes or a few more late
> August pelagic trips)
> 10. LITTLE EGRET (We are overlooking some for sure)
>
> I want to go on...Western Meadowlark would certainly come next (if not
> earlier) and the shorebird possibilities go on and on.  Ditto on seabirds.
> And if we could only figure out where those swallows go after they leave Cape
> May...
>
> Best,
>
> Marshall Iliff
> miliff@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 98-06-11 04:44:21 EDT, you write:
>
> <<  For almost a decade a few of us have played the game of predicting
>  the next ten birds that will show up in Maryland. This year, rather than
>  call a dozen people and ask them for their lists, I am posting mine on
>  Osprey in the hope that many of them will follow suit.
>          The following list does not include all the birds that are
>  legitimate candidates to be found. If there were regular pelagic trips
>  running out of Maryland, and if Gary Griffith's hummingbird network could
>  be extended to the entire state, it would be possible to make a reasonable
>  list made up of only seabirds and hummingbirds. If the Hart-Miller
>  impoundment was in coastal Worcester County it would be possible to make a
>  list of almost nothing but shorebirds. To some extent, this list reflects
>  not only patterns of bird vagrancy, but birder behavior.
>          I have tried to leave off all birds that have been reported but
>          not
>  ruled on by the MOSRC. It is possible that some of the birds may not be
>  accepted, in which case they would be worthy additions. The list:
>
>  EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE [any day now]
>  WESTERN MEADOWLARK [there is probably one every year]
>  SHINY COWBIRD [not that I'm thrilled about it...]
>  BROWN BOOBY [will be found sitting on the 4th Street flats someday]
>  REDDISH EGRET [if more people birded Ocean City...]
>  SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER [a Hart-Miller bird]
>  BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD [keep those reports coming Gary]
>  BELL'S VIREO [overdue]
>  GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE [probably overdue]
>  BAND-TAILED PIGEON [there are about 50 records east of the Mississippi and
>  the                         one quirky prediction I indulge myself in
>  every year]
>
>  Rick
>
>  "Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being
>  offensive."  Josephine Tey
>
>  Rick Blom
>  rblom@blazie.com
>  Bel Air, Maryland



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