The AOU giveth and taketh away. Add California Scrub Jay and remove Hpary
Redpoll.
I was disappointed but not surprised that Lillian Meadowlark did not make it to
species status. Several voted "no" based on the fact that the Neotropic clad of
meadowlarks of which Lillian is one have not been studied completely. It will
be at least a few more years I am afraid. I personally think there are
significant behavior traits. Lillian appears to remain in pairs and on
territory through the winter instead of flocking but determining this generally
is difficult since winter meadowlarks are all so similar in appearance. However
I have found several pairs by themselves at various places in the TransPecos
during winter.
Fred Collins, Director
Kleb Woods Nature Center
20303 Draper Road,Tomball TX 77377
281-357-5324
Harris County Precinct 3
Steve Radack Commissioner
www.pct3.com
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From: texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Jim Sinclair
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 10:54 AM
To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [texbirds] Re: Time for new field guides?
I was just informed that Sibley's 2nd Edition incorporates those changes.
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Jim Sinclair <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Reading the 2016 accepted changes for AOU North America. Lots of
changes in the order of orders;-)
<http://checklist.aou.org/nacc/proposals/current_proposals.html>
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Jim Sinclair (TX-ESA)
TOS Life Member
Kingsville, TX
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level
of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein
