Subject: Washington & Oregon Hummingbirds -- Help needed
Date: Dec 3 12:57:46 2001
From: SJPeterson at aol.com - SJPeterson at aol.com


HI Tweeters,

I've been working on a web page for wintering hummingbirds in the United
States. This began a couple years ago as just a map showing Rufous
Hummingbird sightings in the eastern USA in fall & winter. It's grown to
include most other species, and will probably continue to expand from
there... You can visit the winter maps at:
http://www.geocities.com/trochilids

In part, I'm mapping counties in which Anna's Hummingbirds are showing up
this winter. States like Idaho, Montana, & Minnesota have hosted one or more
recently. And here's where you come in. On the Anna's map, I'd like to put
dots at city locations where these birds NORMALLY occur in winter (in
addition to marking the counties where they are rare or vagrant). So if you
know of CURRENT sightings of either of these species, in their normal winter
range, since December 1, please send me a private email with the town name
and county noted. I'll add a dot for that town on the map.

I'm hoping that this "pin-map" effect turns out to be massive enough in the
birds' "normal" range in winter so it will contrast with the visual effect of
the "vagrant" individuals in Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, -- or even those in
eastern Washington or Oregon where I understand they are unusual.

Finally, if you know of other species of hummingbirds present in your state
since December 1, I'd like to hear of those, too... In effect -- ANY
hummingbird you see or know about after December 1 will be welcomed news to
me!

Please forward this request to pertinent listservs in the state where folks
might be able to supply information. Also -- I can't seem to locate the OBOL
group online. Can someone forward this to Oregon birders, too?

I'm awaiting a flood of hummingbird emails!

Best birding,

--Stacy
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Stacy Jon Peterson
4442 Sijan St. Apt. A
Mtn Home AFB, ID 83648
Elmore County
SJPeterson at aol.com
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HUMMINGBIRDS: www.geocities.com/trochilids
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