That link didn't work for me, but this one does:
http://birding.typepad.com/peeps/2008/10/2008-additions-to-aba-
checklist.html
Thanks, Bill.
Bruce
Date sent: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:17:53 -0400
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From: Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] News for N. Am. listers
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> For listers who follow the American Birding Association, ten new
> species have been added to its North American list. A summary's at:
> http://birding.typepad.com/peeps/2010/2008-additions-to-aba-checklist.html
> Most of these species have not made it onto the AOU's list yet,
> though
> they added the common myna in August, the only species on the list many
> birders have seen. The others are strays seen far out on the ocean, or
> stumbled upon at the farthest limits of dry land in the ABA area. The
> scientific significance, if any, of the seemingly stochastic occurrences
> may take many years to substantiate.
> But the acceptance of the myna, which has been around and doing
> well in
> Florida for decades, is interesting. Last time I was down there, we
> learned a good place to look for them was at Burger Kings. Many Florida
> experts agree that other local psittacid species are perhaps more
> deserving of established status, but no one has done the necessary work to
> demonstrate it. Apparently it's not too fashionable to do all the research
> necessary to study urban transplant species in South Florida! Bill Whan
> Columbus
>
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