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Date: | Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:00:55 -0400 |
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Hello Birders,
Sure, I've been silent so far this year, but that doesn't mean the County
Quest 2012 isn't rolling on! I thought I'd take a moment to check out the
score before May migration rolls over us with delight. Once again, it looks
like a war between Addison (145 species) and Chittenden (142) down by the
lake! But wait, Windham is not far behind at 140. They clearly mean
business in the southeast. Last year, we had 5 counties tally over 200
species. Can we get all 14 counties over the 200 mark? How many of you are
going to make the cherished County 150 Club? see
http://www.vtecostudies.org/quest/150club.html. Who's going to be the first
person to do it in all 14 counties? Now that will be quite an award.
Most importantly though, we are collecting an amazing dataset for bird
conservation and science. So far this year, we have all teamed up to plug
into Vermont eBird:
193 species
10,378 checklists
732,362 individual birds
County Totals As of April 25:
Total Verified Species Addison 145 Chittenden 142 Windham 140 Rutland
129 Windsor 124 Washington 121 Bennington 113 GrandIsle 110 Franklin
105 Orange 101 Lamoille 91 Orleans 84 Caledonia 75 Essex 63
I hope you are all getting out and watching birds this spring. Happy
eBirding.
Kent
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Vermont Center for Ecostudies
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