I thought the following would be of interest to the members of this listserve, and quite possibly be new information to many, as it was to me. George Rowson, a bird bander on Long Island's North Fork, recently made this area's birding community aware of the above release, and it's link to information re:a new bird species, "based on a 1963 specimen collected on Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands". The bird, Bryan's Shearwater Puffinus bryani , is the smallest shearwater known to man, and, as you will learn, as of this moment, "could be very rare and possibly even extinct"! Cheers,Bob Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:12:02 -0400 From: [email protected] Subject: Fw: Press Release: Smithsonian Scientists Confirm New Species of Seabird Discovered in the Hawaiian Islands - National Zoo| FONZ To: [email protected] I think this is the one you are looking for. George ----- Original Message ----- From: George Rowsom To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 6:56 PM Subject: Press Release: Smithsonian Scientists Confirm New Species of Seabird Discovered in the Hawaiian Islands - National Zoo| FONZ http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/PressMaterials/PressReleases/NZP/2011/shearwater.cfm -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
