Hi all,
Everyone on tweeters-land who lives in W.WA is invited to join the 5th Annual Western Washington YardBirdRace!

Racers are again speeding out of the gate as DENIS DE SILVIS in Roy, WA, was already at 45--a spectacular 50.56% of his last year?s record total--by the 8th of January!

GRACE & OLLIE OLIVER are at 30, 52% of their last year?s record total after only one month, with Varied Thrush, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Fox Sparrow, Band-tailed Pigeon and Red-winged Blackbird.

TAYLER BROOKS in Brier was at 27--38.6% of her last year?s record total, by the 13th of Jan. with an EVENING GROSBEAK and a TOWNSEND?S WARBLER.

A RED CROSSBILL became #27 on the 28th day to put CHRISTINE SOUTHWICK at 43.5% of her last year?s record in Shoreline, WA. Southwick already has Red-breasted Sapsucker, Townsend?s Warbler, Sharp-shinned Hawk and Fox Sparrow.

RYAN MERRILL had already rocketed to 43 by the 19th of January in Kirkland W where he picked up a CLARK?S GREBE as well as a Barrow?s Goldeneye and Red-breasted Merganser and is at 41.5% of his last year?s record total.

KRISTI HEIN & CASEY BAZEWICK are at 40.6 % of last year?s record total with 24 including HAIRY WOODPECKER in Anacortes.

IDIE ULSH is bringing racing to Mason County (Tahuya Peninsula) for the first time ever and is off to a fying start with 20 great birds and a NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL, which doesn?t count of course.

Can JOHN TUBBS equal his big year last year in his Working Yard in Redmond? He's at 31, (39%) including MARSH WREN & FOX SPARROW and is also racing in Snoqualmie. Racers are not limited to one location.

There?s YBR action in Licton Springs, North Seattle, where REBECCA GALLOWAY had 9 by 1/08 with a TOWNSEND?S WARBLER and JOSH HAYES had 14 by 1/26 with a WESTERN GULL & BALD EAGLE.

Meanwhile, anyone who?s discouraged to still be in the single digits should take heart from YBR?s alltime-Residential-record-holder JIM DANZENBAKER who is at 8 including PEREGRINE FALCON and needs a mere 105 to tie in Battleground, Clark Co.

And that?s just some of the news from this year's race, apologies to the folks I failed to mention.

Last year?s YardBirdRace resulted in over $1600 in memberships/donations in the name of winners to bird conservation & biriding organizations including the AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY, BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL, four AUDUBON chapters and WASHINGTON BIRDER, which is now on-line. (Racers are never asked for money but agree to accept any publicity that might come along, although that never includes giving out their physical address).

To see the leaderboard go to:


http://ednewbold.com/ybr_leaderboard.html


The YardBirdRace welcomes updates from returning & current racers and would love to welcome new racers, just email me at yardbirdrace at yahoo.com with your current 2008 yard list and address or general location.

Thanks all, Ed Newbold at yardbirdrace at yahoo.com residential Beacon Hill, Seattle


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