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 Send reply to: Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> From: Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [Ohio-birds] News for N. Am. listers To: [log in to unmask] > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our > thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional > discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]