In 1996, the publisher made a mistake with George Walter's submission for the Olympia
circle. You'll notice one Golden-crowned Sparrow and 343 Swamp Sparrows. Guess what?
If I had my way, it would indicate 343 Golden-crowned Sparrows, zero Swamp Sparrows, and
one additional White-crowned Sparrow... but that's another story.

I don't know how to get it fixed. A review of the really old Christmas Bird Count results
is quite entertaining. There are quite a few bird names that I don't recognize and lots of
indications of uneven coverage and less-than-perfect identifications. Either that or
Glaucous-winged Gulls have recently driven out the hordes of Herring Gulls that used to be
here. Many examples of this kind of thing.

I have been checking in with www.birdsource.com on a regular basis hoping to find the 102nd
Christmas Bird Count results for the Olympia circle. Alas, nothing.

Kelly McAllister
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Olympia, Washington
Reply to: mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Ruth Sullivan wrote:

> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 16:50:18 -0800
> From: Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
> To: lostriver at completebbs.com, Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Olympia CBC, Dec 25, 1996-Compiler?
>
> Hello Kelly,
> I looked up some CBC for that year 1996 and there are no sightigs listed in:
>
> TACOMA 0
> OAK HARBOR O
> SKAGIT O
> KITSAP O
> GRAYS HARBOR 0
> KENT -AUBURN O
> LEADBETTER POINT 0
>
> The only Swamp Sparrow that year was one bird in Edmonds that year.The Compiler that year in Olympia was George Walters.I know from past experience you have to write this bird up.
>
>
> Ruth Sullivan
> Tacoma
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kelly Cassidy
> To: Tweeters
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:27 AM
> Subject: Olympia CBC, Dec 25, 1996-Compiler?
>
>
> According to the CBC web site, there were 343 Swamp Sparrows in the Olympia CBC for Dec. 25, 1996. The web page doesn't give the compiler, and I don't have the printed copy. Does anyone know who the compiler was or whether the count on the web page is a typo?
>
> Kelly Cassidy
> Pullman
>