>From what I hear, ONLY *Melanitta deglandi* is found in ABA area (America and Canada), and that is why eBird assigned it to that name, the North America "flavor" of that scoter.
I'm sure we'll hear if others have a better handle on this. Joe Roller, Denver On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 12:03 PM Diana Beatty <otowi33...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I know I saw a White-winged Scoter at Prospect Lake and/or Big > Johnson Reservoir in Colorado Springs in winter but I wouldn't know how to > begin to tell what it is now. I doubt I have the photos that might be > needed - I wonder if anyone has gone through past photos or other > evidence etc. and found compelling evidence of Velvet or Stejneger's in > their Colorado list yet??? Would that be something the CBRC would review > if that were the case? Ebird is calling the ones I've reported before as > Melanitta deglandi. > > Diana Beatty > El Paso County > > -- > > ****** > > All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the > old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAM-_j9u_wWM%2BDN%2B-T8CfMt1iDQqFYwa_65JkdO6%2B7mTU6HDexQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAM-_j9u_wWM%2BDN%2B-T8CfMt1iDQqFYwa_65JkdO6%2B7mTU6HDexQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUB6By-y6AKt-PSFhMqN2CYpoQ5t7DkdaBm3UorFJi9qCw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
