montana bird records committee
- Overview
- Membership
- Official State Bird List
- Supplemental Bird List
- Review Species (Rare Birds)
- Rare Bird Report Form
- Links
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Golden-winged Warbler, MBRC 2009-054 (John Carlson photo)
Overview
The Montana Bird Records Committee was formed in 1991. It exists to serve Montana professionals and amateurs interested in bird distribution by promoting and maintaining a high degree of quality, integrity, and professionalism in evaluating reports of rare birds in the state.
The Committee has three main functions of equal importance: (1) to solicit, review, and verify reports, documentation, photographs, sightings, tape recordings, specimens, or other material relevant to the distribution of the birds of Montana; (2) to review at least once per calendar year the documentation submitted to the Committee for species new to the state or of sufficient rarity (locally, regionally, or statewide) to merit such review, and in so doing to offer an objective, scientifically based opinion of the validity of these reports, and to maintain an official list of the birds recorded for Montana and an official tally of the number of accepted records for each “rare” species (i.e., documented fewer than 20 times in the state); and (3) to act as ambassadors for the role that scientifically rigorous review of bird records plays in maintaining a meaningful list of Montana birds, and of the important role that birders can play in furthering our understanding of bird distribution.
- Bylaws
- 2010 Minutes
- 2008-2009 Minutes
- 2005-2007 Minutes
- 2010 Annual Report (pdf)
- 2009 Annual Report (pdf)
Membership (as of january 2011)
- Dan Casey, Chair
- Jeff Marks, Secretary
- Chuck Carlson
- John Carlson
- Coburn Currier
- Nate Kohler
- Rose Leach
- Harriet Marble
- Bob Martinka
- Ted Nordhagen
- Fritz Prellwitz
- Mike Schwitters
- Dan Sullivan
Photo left to right: Nate Kohler, Dan Casey, Mike Schwitters, Bob Martinka, Fritz Prellwitz, Jeff Marks, Dan Sullivan, Chuck Carlson, John Carlson, Harriet Marble, Coburn Currier.