Hello Birders, Just a quick update on the ever growing Vermont County Bird Quest. 1. We have had many counties join the fun and they are all updated at http://www.vtecostudies.org/quest/countycaptains.html. There are only 3 counties that have not officially joined the fun. 2. We have added more prize categories. Specifically, a youth division! Let's get the next generation of birders excited about birding and conservation! See http://www.vtecostudies.org/quest/rules.html. We have some great prized already donated from some of the sponsors - Birds and Beans Coffee, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and VCE. Check out the sponsors at http://www.vtecostudies.org/quest/sponsors.html. 3. We have updated the quest web page with an RSS feed of the number of species found in each county updated daily and other goodies. You can click and subscribe directly to the feed if you'd like. http://www.vtecostudies.org/quest/birdreport.html Finally, we are working on coming up with a par or weighted system to make a level playing field for all the counties to compare results. It will allow us to compare Addison with Essex or Bennington with Washington! Stay tuned as we come up with this handicap system. Enjoy birds and have fun with the County Bird Quest. Kent Kent McFarland Conservation Biologist Vermont Center for Ecostudies PO Box 420 Norwich, Vermont 05055 <http://www.vtecostudies.org/> Visit Our Pages: [image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vermont-Center-for-Ecostudies/56930912454> [image: YouTube] <http://www.youtube.com/user/VCE14> [image: Blogger]<http://vtecostudies.blogspot.com> **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************