Re: [cobirds] White-winged Scoter split

2019-07-10 Thread Scott Somershoe
All, There’s a nicely documented adult male Stejneger's from Helena, Montana in April 2015. It’ll be interesting to see what the records committee does with the record. Point is, Stejneger's has occurred in the lower 48. Scott Somershoe Littleton CO Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2019,

Re: [cobirds] White-winged Scoter split

2019-07-10 Thread 'John D' via Colorado Birds
pm Subject: Re: [cobirds] White-winged Scoter split >From what I hear, ONLY Melanitta deglandiis 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

Re: [cobirds] White-winged Scoter split

2019-07-10 Thread Joe Roller
>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

[cobirds] White-winged Scoter split

2019-07-10 Thread Diana Beatty
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