Hello Everyone,

I just checked the Great Backyard Bird Count WA State
list and we are up to 206 species for the state!
Woohoo! (Tying with last year.)
http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/report?cmd=showReport&reportName=StateSummary&state=US-WA

But I _know_ we can beat that count, since I don't see
SNOWY OWL on the list, and I'm _sure_ I read about
several Tweeter's birding trips over the Feb 16-19
President's Day weekend which listed SNOWY OWL and
many other interesting birds that haven't been
reported yet.

Please consider submitting your bird checklists seen
while birding in WA (or any other state! for that
matter) the weekend of Feb 16-19, 2007, to the Great
Backyard Bird Count website:

http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc

It's really simple, and it's fun to see the birds for
your area listed on the national website!

Deadline for bird list submission: Wed, February 28th.
So there is still time!

Andrea Wuenschel
North Seattle



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"FERGUS, Rob" <rfergus at audubon.org>
Subject: [Tweeters] Washington birds still missing
from the GBBC
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:42:21 -0500
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu

Washington is currently reporting 195 species on the
Great Backyard
Bird Count, down from the record high of 206 last
year. A few species
known to be in the state (Whooper Swan, Sooty Grouse,
etc.) haven't been
reported anywhere in North America yet this count.

Take a look at the Washington list to see what has
been reported
(linked from here:
http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/top10). Also take
a
look at the overall list for North America:
http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/maproom?cmd=browse&sppOrder=taxon.

If you can fill in some missing species, please report
them online at
www.birdsource.org/gbbc.

There are still a few hours to head out and find those
last few
species. The count ends tonight at midnight, but
reports from this weekend
can be submitted through the end of the month. I look
forward to seeing
how many species-and checklists-we can see from
Washington before this
is all over!

Rob Fergus
Senior Scientist | Urban Bird Conservation
National Audubon Society
545 Almshouse Road, Ivyland PA 18974
Phone: 215 355 9588 x17



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