[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ TAS BirdBoard ] [ FAQ ]
Posted by Andy Kratter on 09:34:46 06/27/11
Florida birders
The Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee (FOSRC) met Saturday 25 June for our annual meeting. We added two new species to the Official State List of Florida:
Kelp Gull, from Pasco Co., 21 Dec 2010 to 8 Jan 2011, and
Common Redpoll, from Indian River Co., 26 February 2011.
This brings the Official State list to 512 species. We have added 17 species since January 2006, or a bit more than three per year on average. At this rate we will hit 600 species in 2037!
I will be corresponding with those whose submitted records and reports over the next week or so to let you know of our musings. The minutes of the meeting will take a bit longer to produce and will be posted on the FOS website. A report of this year's actions will be published in the Florida Field Naturalist sometime in 2012.
I am circulating off the FOSRC at the end of the year as per our Rules and Procedures. The new Secretary will be Jon Greenlaw. I want to thank all of those who have submitted records and reports over the past six years I have been at the post, and I especially want to thank my courageous colleagues that have served with me on the FOSRC. I hope that our local birders and visitors to our State will continue to submit their observations to the FOSRC of review species (see http://www.fosbirds.org/official-florida-state-bird-list), first State records, and additions and deletions to the established exotic avifauna of the State.
Andy Kratter
Secretary, FOSRC
Gainesville, FL
[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ TAS BirdBoard ] [ FAQ ]