Delaware Records Committee
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Jim White (President), Frank Rohrbacher (Secretary), Chris Bennett, Anthony Gonzon, Jean Woods |
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The records committee is charged with maintaining the Delaware State List of Bird Species, which consists of all bird species accepted as having been observed in Delaware. They also maintain the Delaware Review List, which are those birds for which the committee requests documentation from the observe r. Summary of Completed Reviews -- An index of all of the records reviewed by the committee that form the basis for these state lists . |
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The Delaware Bird Records Committee held its 2009 Annual Meeting on August 27, 2009. The new Committee for the coming year consists of Jim White, President, Frank Rohrbacher, Secretary, Anthony Gonzon, Chris Bennett and Jean Woods. The Committee voted to publish accepted records on de-birds as soon at the vote occurs, rather then wait until the end of the year. We will still submit a more complete report including those records not accept each year for the Ornithologist. Clay-colored Sparrow was removed from the Delaware Review Species List. |
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The following list is a summary of the records reviewed during the year 2009 by the Delaware Bird Records Committee. A total of 40 reports constituting 18 records on 13 different species were voted on this year. One new species, Roseate Spoonbill, was added to the Delaware State List of Bird Species this year, so that the total number of species now is 403 as of January 1, 2010. Unaccepted records have a very brief note as to the reason for non-acceptance; by far the most common explanation is lack of sufficient detail in the description to positively and diagnostically identify the claimed species. More detailed discussions of all these records will be published on the DOS Web page and in the 2010 DOS Ornithologist. |
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| You are encouraged to submit records of unusual sightings in Delaware to Frank Rohrbacher, DRC Secretary, 5 Neva Court, Wilmington, DE 19810 by regular or e-mail. Detailed descriptions and any sketches, no matter how crude, are important for documenting rare state birds particularly for difficult to identify species. Good quality photographs and sound recordings are especially helpful. |
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