For its 25th report, the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC) evaluated 140 records involving 62 species. The committee accepted 127 of those records. State list Additions: European Golden-Plover, Heermann’s Gull, Roseate Spoonbill, and Great-tailed Grackle. Rereview of a 2009 Common Shelduck and the recent split of Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) from Common Gull (Larus canus) […]
photo by Skyler Kardell || The Massachusetts Avian Records committee met on 26 September 2020 at Westborough Wildlife Management Area. This year we evaluated 234 records involving 91 species, breaking our previous high by 80 records. The previous high was 154 records in the 22nd annual report (2018), which itself was record breaking by about […]
Photo by Ken Magnuson || The Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC) met on 22 September at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. Since our previous report, we voted on 113 records, 97 of which were accepted. One species was added to the state list, which now stands at 504 species. The searchable database has […]
Photo by Nick Dorian || The committee met in September 2018 and published its decisions in Bird Observer in the December 2018 issue. We voted on 154 records in the past year. The full report can be read here. Major results from the meeting are highlighted below: State list additions: Trumpeter Swan, Western Meadowlark. The […]
Photograph by Rene Wendell || State list additions: Common Greenshank. State list removals: Thayer’s Gull, Monk Parakeet. The state list stands at 501. Review list additions: Tundra Swan, Ruff. Outgoing members of 2017: Mark Faherty, Scott Surner. Incoming members of 2017: David Sibley, Larry Therrien.