MD Osprey:
We have posted a number of new PDF document updates to the MD/DCRC
web pages, here ... http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html
One of the key changes is to reflect a new species that has been
added to the Official List of the Birds of Maryland ... a hatch year
female Allen's Hummingbird that was banded, photographed, and
measured. The bird was present from 12/22/2008 until 12/29/2008 at a
feeder in Prince Frederick, Calvert County, MD. This is the 436th
species for Maryland.
Other web site updates include the addition of recent and many
historical reports and records to our MD and DC databases.
General changes were also made to reflect updates to our database due
to the last few AOU Checklist Supplements. A top-level summary of
these changes, as they affect MD and DC species follows:
48th Supplement (2008):
Changed some scientific names and taxonomic ordering of the gulls
Changed common name from Greater Flamingo to American
Flamingo (yes, there is an accepted flamingo on the MD list!) and
moved its position to between the grebes and the albatrosses
50th Supplement (2009):
Added Graylag Goose (which was moved from the appendix to
the AOU main list - not a MD/DC species, but should we now be more
diligent now in looking at these geese?)
Changed scientific name of the redpolls and goldfinches
Changed scientific name of Boreal Chickadee
Shorted the common names of the sharp-tailed sparrows to
Nelson's Sparrow and Saltmarsh Sparrow
Changed scientific name of the Silver Gull (listed in the
AOU appendix and accepted as a MD species, but of questionable origin)
51st Supplement (2010):
Changed the scientific name of the Black Scoter
Changed the common name of our Whip-poor-will to Eastern
Whip-poor-will
Changed the scientific name of our Winter Wren
Changed the scientific name of the Blue-winged Warbler
Changed the common name of Greater Shearwater to Great Shearwater
A PDF document is posted on the MD/DCRC blog that provides more
detail on these MD and DC changes ...
http://mddcrc-blog.posterous.com/mddcrc-database-updates-for-aou-supplements-4
Also, if you happened to be interested in the status of a few
somewhat esoteric MD/DCRC projects dealing with reconciling the
MD/DCRC database with the Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL) database and
also reconciling the MD/DCRC database with the Smithsonian
Institution's specimens and collection database, feel free to check
out the prior two entries in this same blog:
BBL reconciliation project
status
http://mddcrc-blog.posterous.com/mddcrc-bbl-reconciliation-project-status-16-j
Smithsonian reconciliation project
status:
http://mddcrc-blog.posterous.com/mddcrc-usnm-reconciliation-project-status-30
Thanks to MOS webmaster, John Christy, for posting the MD/DCRC web
page 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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