I might have a go at a Oaxaca Bigday record. Shouldn't be hard to
establish a standard as none is yet on record. Be sure to employ an
accomplished race car driver. Perhaps with the higher speed limits we'll
have to mark all new records with an asterisk, like Roger Maris's 61
homeruns!

Gene.

On Fri, 3 May 1996 steppie at wolfenet.com wrote:

> Gene, Thanks for the sapsucker info. Reminds me, this talk of Big Days, its
> about time to give that 201 another challenge! How about being part of a
> challenging team in '97? Or, are you going to be racking up counts like 301
> in 24 hours in southern Mexico?
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> Andy
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> >Andy,
> >
> >We had one on a mid-May birdathon trip some years back at a farmhouse
> >grove about 5 miles south of George, Grant Co. My only Grant Co. record,
> >I think.
> >
> >Gene.
> >
> >On Fri, 3 May 1996 steppie at wolfenet.com wrote:
> >
> >> Good Morning Tweeters,
> >>
> >> On 1 May, I had a male Red-naped Sapsucker in my yard north of Wapato in
> >> Yakima County. Although a fairly common summer resident of riparian habitats
> >> in the Cascades and northeastern WA, this was my first record from away from
> >> the mountains in Yakima County since I moved here in 1978.
> >>
> >> Can other Columbia Basin birders relate their records from Columbia Basin
> >> sites - especially those away from the mountains. I would be interested in
> >> the date and location of such sightings.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Andy Stepniewski
> >> Wapato WA
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