Records Committee
Accepted Proposals
(Not included in the Bylaws)

  

 

Index:
    - Out-of-range Records
    - Official Sightings List for the Records Committee
 

 27 Feb 2007

 Proposals concerning Out-of-range and out-of season species to be reviewed by the Committee

Proposal #1:

The  Records Committee will create a list of out-of-range and out-of-season species that will reviewed by the Committee.

Accepted:  6 - 1

           

Proposal #2: 

(If Proposal #1 is accepted, then the following proposals will apply).

Proposal #2a:
It is proposed that we request documentation for the following species only for sightings outside of southern Utah, defined as the following counties: Beaver, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Kane, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Washington and Wayne.

White-winged Dove
Greater Roadrunner
Spotted Owl
Acorn Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Cassin's Kingbird
Hooded Oriole
  
Accepted:  6 - 1


Proposal #2b:
It is proposed that we request documentation for the following species only for sightings outside of northern Utah, defined as the following counties: Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Juab, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, and Weber.

Barrow's Goldeneye
Gray Partridge
Ruffed Grouse
Grasshopper Sparrow
  
 Accepted:  5 - 2


Proposal #2d:
It is proposed that we request documentation for the following species only for sightings outside of Washington County.

Common Black-Hawk
Inca Dove
Lesser Nighthawk
Costa's Hummingbird
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Bell's Vireo
Verdin
Cactus Wren
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Crissal Thrasher
Phainopepla
Lucy's Warbler
Hermit Warbler - represents a removal from the main request list
Abert's Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
  
Accepted:  6 - 1


Proposal #2e:
It is proposed that we request documentation for the following species only for sightings outside of the Uinta Mountains, (Daggett, Duchesne, Summit and Uintah Counties).

White-tailed Ptarmigan
  
Accepted:  6 - 1


Proposal #2g:
It is proposed that we request documentation for the following species only for sightings outside of San Juan County:

Gunnison Sage-Grouse
      
Accepted:  5 - 2

 

Proposal #3:

(If Proposal #1 is accepted, then the following proposal will apply).

It is proposed that we have the option of putting a species in a "special cases" category if it doesn't fit into any of the categories listed in Proposal #2.

Accepted:  5 - 2

           

 30 Aug 2005

 Official Sightings List for Records Committee

Proposal #1: Documented Sightings List
  
It is proposed  that the recently revised "documented sightings list" be accepted as the official list of sightings for Utah Birds Records Committee.

Vote:  Passed 7 - 0