Hi all,

If anyone in the Puget Sound Area has a yard bird list for the year 2004, they are welcome, if not urged, or maybe begged-- no make that pleaded with-- to enter the 1st Annual Greater Seattle Yardbirdrace. The race itself has gotten even more exciting since the last post, with the top King County lead excruciatingly close at 71 to 70 and the Seattle residential class contenders at 43 to 41. One press release has already been sent to Puget Sound area media and two advertisements about the race are scheduled to be published this month, in Earthcare Northwest and Washington Birder.

CURRENT LEADERBOARD

#1 Overall: Eric & Laura Kraig. Unincorporated Thurston Co. near Nisqually Reach, 118

#1 King County, #1 Tukwila : Norma Larson Tukwila 71

#2 King County #1 Sammamish : Linda Davey 70

#1 Bellevue Christy Anderson 55

#1 Eatonville Dawn Bailey 55

#1 Class W (waterview, Seattle) Denis Da Silvis Duwamish Turning Basin 57

#1 Class G (greenbelt, Seattle) Lynne Darnell West Seattle 50

#1 Class R #1 Mt. Baker (residential Seattle) Sandra (Sam) Wood 43

#2 Class R Georgia Conti West Seattle 41

#1 Queen Anne Rachel Lawson 25

#1 Class M (multifamily Seattle) & #1 Greenwood Patricia Lott Greenwood 26







Enter by emailing me your current total list, the whereabouts of your yard of less than 1.2 acres, and your phone number. Also try to include the name of your local neighborhood or town or region newspaper and possibly any local tv or radio that I wouldn?t know about. Entering constitutes a willingness to be publicized and talk to the media (the word celebritized is what I'm wanting to use here).

Entrants can pick up a door prize at my store, a box of 8 wildlife note cards and a shade coffee poster.

Yearbirds are defined as birds seen from the yard, and do not have to have been physically in the yard, from January 1 2004 through December 31, 2004.

There are also prizes for winners.


Ed Newbold, residential Beacon Hill where first Goldfinch since last winter just showed up, Seattle. newboldwildlife at netscape.net




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