Hello, Gary and Tweeters,

Clallam County is one of the other counties in WA that participates
in the NAMC, also on Saturday, May 12, this year. It seems like NAMC
has blended with IMBD (International Migratory Bird Day), which has
an active website that lists events this year. Do you know if anyone
is compiling NAMC data for the whole country, like Jim Stasz used to do?

The Clallam County Count extends from the Olympics to the Strait, all
the way from Discovery Bay on the east to waters off La Push and Cape
Flattery on the west, so lots of great birding. We've averaged 176
species over the last 13 years, and our all-time one-day record is
193 species in 1999. We've seen 246 different species on this count
over the last 13 years, so 200+ in one day is possible if everything
works right. The count is also the Clallam County Birdathon, one of
the annual fundraisers for Olympic Peninsula Audubon and the
Dungeness River Audubon Center.

I'm the coordinator and compiler of the Clallam count, so if anyone
wants to do a little birding in our neck of the world that day,
please let me know. Just like in Skagit County, more counters would
certainly help. We always need more counters in the mountains, like
in the upper Dungeness and at Hurricane Ridge, and on the outer
coast, like at Cape Flattery and at the coast west of Lake Ozette.

But if you can't be in Clallam County on May 12, please help count in
Skagit County or join some other NAMC.

Bob Boekelheide
Sequim



From: Gary Bletsch <garybletsch at yahoo.com>
Date: March 17, 2007 6:14:03 PM PDT
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] 2007 NAMC Skagit County May 12


Dear Tweeters,

No, NAMC is not some 4-letter code for a species of
bird! Well, maybe it is, but it's definitely the
abbreviation for North American Migration Count!

Once again, Skagit County will have a "May Count" on
Saturday, May 12, 2007. I believe Skagit is one of the
last counties in the state where this count has not
withered away.

If you have participated before and want to again this
year, please contact me. I'm setting up the teams
again, and Bob Kuntz will once again be the compiler
of the data.

Attached to this e-mail is a document describing what
the NAMC is all about, if you are new to the NAMC.

Feel free to contact me if you have questions, or want
to participate, or if would like to let me know what
other Washington counties are participating!



Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch

near Lyman (Skagit County), Washington

garybletsch at yahoo.com


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