REPLY: Thanks for taking this on, Mike. I believe you can count on a lot of help from New Hampshire Audubon including Pam Hunt based at our Concord headquarters, 224 9909, and [log in to unmask] , as well as members of our local Mascoma Chapter. Regards, Art ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Choukas Jr." <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 9:49 AM Subject: [UVB] Checklist response > 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 > **************************************************************** > **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************