Dear Tweets,
I have been asked to forward this message from the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology, I hope it is useful to some of you.

Hello, all--


As you may have heard by now, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National
Audubon are currently conducting an online survey of migration patterns
and breeding distributions of warblers, called Warbler Watch. Thanks to
those of you who are sending in your reports. We hope that means all of
you! Animated maps are now illustrating the migration of most warbler
species across the country (they'll all be up within a few days), based
on reports.


To participate in Warbler Watch, there's no sign-up, no fee. Just go to
the BirdSource web site at
<underline><color><param>0000,0000,fefe</param>http://birdsource.cornell.ed
u</color></underline>
and click on "Warbler Watch" whenever you see warblers. You can submit
reports retroactively, using the scroll-down form. There's a lot of good
info at the site, in addition to the animated maps, including color
images and examples of songs. You can also look up a zip code right at
the site, if you don't know the one for the area of your sightings.


If you have further questions or problems submitting your reports, you
can contact me, Allison Wells, at amw25 at cornell.edu


Here are some stats:


<bold>Number of reports so far:

</bold>1,853


<bold>Total birds reported:

</bold>28,250 birds counted.


<bold>Ten Most commonly reported species:

</bold>Species Reports Birds

Yellow-rumped Warbler 802 9780

Common Yellowthroat 418 1991

Black-and-white Warbler 348 955

Yellow Warbler 322 2110

Northern Parula 279 1283

Black-throated Green Warbler 275 681

Palm Warbler 275 1065

Ovenbird 269 900

American Redstart 252 778

Pine Warbler 249 840


<bold>Ten states with highest # of reports

</bold>State #Species Reports

NY 768

PA 597

TX 357

FL 329

GA 253

LA 252

MA 237

AR 230

IL 205

OH 172


<bold>Ten states with highest variety of warbler species and total
warblers

</bold>State/Prov Distinct Species

TX 39

PA 36

OH 35

LA 34

NY 33

IL 32

FL 31

AR 31

VA 30

MO 30


<bold># of warblers Counted by State/Prov

</bold>LA 2665

NY 2575

PA 2422

FL 2039

GA 1921

MA 1555

IL 1131

TN 998

OH 904

MO 835


Thanks for your participation!



Allison Wells

(607) 254-2475

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.

Ithaca, NY 14850

<<http://birds.cornell.edu>






Joanne Schmitt
jschmitt at sprintmail.com
Poulsbo, WA

"The earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs,
but not every man's greed."
- Mahatma Ghandi