Hi all -
As you may have noticed on these lists, for 2007 there is an effort
underway to compile county year lists for all 39 Washington counties.
This was inspired by something similar folks have been doing in Idaho
for a while, and initiated last year on a smaller scale. These are
collaborative efforts, with each tally representing the collective
sightings for a county rather than any one individual's list. I think
it will be interesting to see how all this fits together into a
year-long picture of WA birds.

The way we've set things up, each county will have a point-person
who acts as compiler for that county. If you have any sightings you'd
like to contribute to the effort, please contact that compiler with
details. I'll include a list at the bottom of this message of the
county compilers we have lined up so far. The list is also available
at the following web-page: www.wos.org/CountyList.htm . This list
will be updated as we find more compilers to fill in the gaps.

For the heavily birded counties, it isn't really necessary to share
every sighting -- just the rarer ones are probably fine. But for the
counties where we see few reports on Tweeters, it may be helpful to
send entire trip lists along to the compiler.

I've recruited compilers of these lists for 29 counties, and am
hoping we'll find 10 more compilers willing to keep track of
sightings for the following. If you are interested in taking on the
compiling work for any of the following counties, please contact me --
Western WA: Mason, San Juan
Eastern WA: Chelan, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Kittitas, Klickitat,
Lincoln, Stevens.

In addition, we'd like to make the ongoing results of this available
on-line to share with anyone who is interested. Unfortunately, while
we've found webspace we lack anyone who knows how to create webpages.
If you'd like to offer to help set up the web-presence of this, just
say the word --

Finally, here's a list of the contact info for the compilers we've
got lined up so far -- thanks all!

Eastern Washington:
Adams Randy Hill, hill AT smwireless.net
Asotin Keith Carlson, kec201814 AT cableone.net
Benton Bill & Nancy LaFramboise, billnan1 AT verizon.net
Chelan
Columbia
Douglas Meredith Spencer, merdave AT homenetnw.net
Ferry
Franklin Bill & Nancy LaFramboise, billnan1 AT verizon.net
Garfield
Grant Doug Schonewald, dschone8 AT donobi.net
Kittitas
Klickitat
Lincoln
Okanogan Libby & Victor Glick libbyvictor AT yahoo.com
Pend Oreille Gina Sheridan, gsherida8502 AT yahoo.com
Spokane Craig Corder, 2cbird AT hughes.net
Stevens
Walla Walla Mike and MerryLynn Denny, m.denny AT charter.net
Whitman Michael Woodruff, crazybirder98 AT hotmail.com
Yakima Denny Granstrand, dgranstrand AT charter.net

Western Washington:
Clallam Bob Boekelheide, rivercenter AT olympus.net
Clark Wilson Cady, gorgebirds AT juno.com 208-746-7322
Cowlitz Margaret Green, jgreen2317 AT aol.com
Grays Harbor Ruth and Patrick Sullivan, godwit513 AT msn.com
Island Steve Ellis, sellis AT coup.wednet.edu
Jefferson Dan Waggoner Dan AT kingstonlumber.com
King Matt Bartels, mattxyz AT earthlink.net
Kitsap Brad Waggoner, wagtail AT sounddsl.com
Lewis Dave Hayden. dtvhm AT nwrain.com
Mason
Pacific Alan Richards, mrm AT willapabay.org
Pierce Charlie Wright, c.wright7 AT comcast.net
San Juan
Skagit Gary Bletsch, garyblestch AT yahoo.com
Skamania Wilson Cady, gorgebirds AT juno.com
Snohomish Dennis Duffy Duffd44 AT aol.com
Thurston Bill Shelmerdine, georn1 AT hotmail.com
Wahkiakum Andrew Emlen, aceasp AT pacifier.net
Whatcom Joe Meche, Joemeche AT aol.com

Good birding,

Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA

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