Hi Andrew, I found the answer to your question online. 1) Go to the NYSARC Reports and Decisions - Historical List: (last updated 3 August 2020): https://nybirds.org/NYSARC/RecordsSummary.htm
2) Search for BBWD; it's actually the first species listed. Click on the link, and the 1992 report shows up at the top: https://nybirds.org/NYSARC/HistData/BBWD.htm (accepted, but origins uncertain). https://nybirds.org/NYSARC/Reports/NYSARC1992.html Based on that list, 2010 was the first year that BBWD was accepted by the NYSARC Committee. There's a nice write-up in The Kingbird explaining what factors led to their decision. https://nybirds.org/NYSARC/Reports/NYSARC2010.html Best, Karen On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 7:10 PM Andrew Block <ablock22...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Back in the '90s a Spotted Redshank showed up in Brooklyn in a marina > during the winter which I was able to see nicely. The question is there > were two or three Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks with the Redshank and a few > yellowlegs and I was wondering if the ducks were accepted or not? I don't > remember anyone mentioning them when the redshank was there:-( Of course > now most Black-bellieds are accepted, but what about back in the 90's? > Inquiring minds want to know:-) Thanks much. > > Andrew > > *Andrew v. F. Block* > *Consulting Naturalist* > 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 > Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4780 > www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
