Thanks to Susan, Mike, Dave, Art, and Dan for your responses to myquery about an Upper Valley checklist. Collectively, I have learned that the Montshire was selling them for $.25 five years ago (and may still be), Dick Holmes (or someone at Dartmouth) had them in the mid-sixties complete with approximate arrival dates for the period 1900 - 1950's (hey, those are my years!), there might be an old one hanging around for New Jersey birds, NH Audubon has one for NH birds and VINS for VT birds, and I was workng on one which I never completed circa 1980. I do think there is a need for an up-to-date one given the addition of a number of species in the past thirty years. When I was a starting birder I found it very helpful, not only for keeping records of birdwalks, but more importantly for putting birds in their proper categories. I will resurrect my project (Art take note). Finally, do I remember correctly that Chris Rimmer and Kent McFarland were starting a project on arrival dates? If so, I think the checklist that Mike Smith referred to with arrival dates for 1900 to 1950 would be of interest to them. Those dates have changed dramatically for a lot of species since 1950. Mike **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************