Forwarded by Jeff Gilligan
Portland, Nachota


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From: Owen Schmidt <oschmidt at att.net>

Subject: Re: [obol] Anseriformes Big Day record?




......... 35 species on 25 January 1997, by Jeff Gilligan, Jim Johnson,
Gerard Lillie, and Owen Schmidt, in 4 counties of northwest Oregon. This
beat the previous record of 33 species on 28 March 1987, by Jeff Gilligan,
Owen Schmidt, Steve Heinl, and Eric Pozzo, from the coast to Malheur. An
earlier record of 28 species of waterfowl was set coincidental to an Oregon
Big Day record on 10 May 1986, by Jeff Gilligan, Steve Heinl, David Irons,
and David Fix.

Both waterfowl big day escapades were published in Oregon Birds. Today
those numbers would have to be adjusted to 36 and 34, with the Canada Goose
split.

oschmidt at att.net
Wednesday, January 23, 2008





On Jan 23, 2008, at 8:12 PM, Thomas Love wrote:

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> This from Tweeters, fyi. Didn't a team of Oregon birders, including Jeff G.,
> set the world anseriform big day record?
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> Tom Love
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> tlove at linfield.edu
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