Hello Larry and to Tweeters,

I was so intrigued to look the list which is posted by Audubon to Cornell at the Great Backyard Bird Count website. Is there an Editor for the GBBC? On the CBC it will be sent to a regional Editor,and if there is question on some bird how would it be written up or documented? Our regional editor for the CBC is Mike Patterson,but the GBBC has nothing to do with that.
Here are just a few of he sightings that caught our attention the most:
26 Lesser Goldfinches in Cle Elum, 21 Green Herons in Issaquah, and 8 in Yakima, 40 Red Phalarope at Ridgefield NWR,6 Blue Jays in Tonasket(most inexperienced people call the Steller's Jay Blue Jays) 21 Mountain Chickadee in Tacoma among other reports in western Washington.,This had to be an invasion year for this species. 1 Vesper Sparrow in Lynwood. And the list is going on and on for 3 pages of sighting all in question that we found.

We having a nice yard with many nice birds,but I not sending my yard birds ever to such a cause.How can this going to be an accurate account for keeping records?
There been only few sites on Mountain Quail chiefly in western Washington,if you also include scattered reports in the Blue Mountains of released birds.These areas are the South Port Orchard Airport area in Kitsap Co. the Seabeck area also in Kitsap Co. and the Shelton area in Mason Co.

Ed Newbold of Seattle has a very good account of birds with his Yard BirdRace, in which people keep a yearly list of species they encounter in their yard or on or from their property only.

Cheers, Ruth Sullivan















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Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:09 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Mountain Quail


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> Tweeters,
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> 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
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> Larry Schwitters
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