Larry and Tweeters,

I had a look at the GBBC count from Bridgeport that
included the suspect Mountain Quail report. The list
included 42 species, all of which are perfectly reasonable
(both species and numbers) for that locality except for
Mountain Quail. As there were no California Quail
reported, I'm almost sure that this is just a data entry
error-- number entered in the Mountain Quail box
instead of the California Quail box.

This list may well have been submitted by someone who is on
Tweeters. Sorry if we're talking about you without your
input, but I just wanted to offer my opinion that this was
just a data entry error, not an entire list that was suspect.

While I was at it, I decided to enter my own brief counts
on Feb. 17 from Renton, the Kent Ponds, and
Duwamish Head-- in part, because no one else had
reported the Renton Palm Warbler that weekend.

Data entry ends today, and some of you may find it
interesting to browse the Washington data in the GBBC
website.

Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
contopus at telus.net



----- Original Message -----
From: <lpatters at ix.netcom.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:09 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Mountain Quail



Tweeters,

Well here is a strange one. The top spot for Mountain Quail in NA according
to the Great Backyard Bird Count is Bridgeport, WA with 35.
http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/report?cmd=showReport&reportName=SpeciesLocation&species=mouqua&year=2007

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah


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