Bill, did you mean to say lump our local redpolls? Don't think it would be logical to lump our crossbills. :) > On Feb 10, 2016, at 10:57 AM, Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Changes are formally proposed yearly to the official list of North > American bird species, and the most recent may be found at > http://www.gizard.org/nacc/proposals/PDF/2016-A.pdf . At least two of > these proposals may influence Ohio birders if accepted: lumping of our > two local crossbills, and new species status among four Ohio > woodpeckers, which would be kind of the opposite, though no splits are > involved. > There is also an argument for lumping the American and Caribbean coots! > I can remember hours spent staring at coots in Florida hoping to find > "Caribbeans" years ago, without any conclusive result, and--just as for > the crossbills--I am relieved to see a proposal to lump them...just too > much ambiguity. I'm glad to see rigorous scientific work that confirms > impressions of field observations. Listers may rankle at these > proposals, but it's the birds that really 'count"! > Bill Whan > Columbus > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.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. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]