Count me in. I'll be working on....my physique!

Joe Meche

Bellingham


-----Original Message-----
From: pslott <VariedThrush at comcast.net>
To: TWEETERS <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:59 am
Subject: [Tweeters] Bird Walking-Wheeling



So, while I'm mentioning global warming, it seems a good time to bring up good health and an even greater appreciation of nature while we're out there birding. A year ago, I proposed a 2007 CHALLENGE called Bird Walking. I'm going to renew that Challenge for 2008, so any interested birders can laugh at, or take to the field the "rules" I've listed below.?
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I truly dropped the ball on following up with my proposal. However, there was one response to my challenge that impressed me very much...?
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Joe Meche wrote me that he completed his CBC territory on foot one sunny day last January. He chalked up 51 species and 12 miles.?
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I had a number of responses to the Challenge before I dropped the ball, so I hope people are still out there thinking about Bird Walking/Wheeling. As for me, I concluded that there's just too much concrete for me to pound between my home and Discovery Park. So, I've recently put together a bus route that takes me close enough to walk over the Locks and on into the park in about an hour. Still, I can't count it for birding according to these rules. I'll have to stick with walking to Carkeek Park and birding the waterfront in Edmonds where I have weekly appointments.?
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I hope you enjoy this idea as much as I do.?
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A 2008 Challenge: BIRD WALKING/WHEELING?
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PRIZES:?
1st Prize: Better Health?
2nd Prize: The Physique You?ve Always Wanted?
3rd Prize: Savings on Gas and Transportation Expenditures?
4th Prize: An Appeased Environmental Conscience?
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TERMS:?
1. All bird species counted must have been seen without the use of any?
motorized vehicle. Bird species seen on any birding trip involving?
motorized vehicles do *not* qualify.?
2. Bird species seen on any motorized trip that was scheduled entirely?
for another purpose, such as work, or visiting family and friends, *do*?
qualify. However, if the trip was scheduled in order to see birds, birds?
seen do not qualify. In other words, those of us who have to travel by?
motorized vehicle to get to work can count birds according to Term 1?
while we?re at the workplace. However, we can?t travel by motorized?
vehicle, even if it?s a bus, to our workplace for the purpose of birding?
it. Of course, if you live close enough to walk or bike to work, do?
count birds seen when you go to your workplace by un-motorized means?
just to bird it.?
3. Bird species seen from indoors do qualify.?
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CATEGORIES:?
WALKING?
? from Home?
? from Work?
? while Visiting Family/Friends?
WHEELING?manually driven wheelchairs only?
? from Home?
? from Work?
? while Visiting Family/Friends?
BIKING?
? from Home?
? from Work?
? while Visiting Family/Friends?
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TIPS:?
? Take enough water to drink at least ? a gallon before noon.?
? Give your snack bars to your favorite professional athlete.?
? Eat regular healthy meals.?
? Sleep at least 7.5 hours every 24. (Preferably 8 or 9 hrs.)?
? Think clean thoughts and do good deeds.?
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Enjoy!?
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Patricia S. Lott?
Seattle, WA?
mail to: VariedThrush at comcast.net?
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