Hi Tweeters & Inland-NW-Birders -

An updated version of the 2008 county year list project is up at
Washington Birder.
The list is available at:
http://www.wabirder.com/bartel.html

While individual county listing is fun, the idea behind this project
was to try to keep track of the 'community' list: all the birds seen
by anyone, rather than just those seen by one person. We've got
compilers keeping track of the cumulative year list for each county
in Washington and they'd be grateful for any help you might have in
filling in some of the gaps on the lists.


The latest available file has updates for almost every county through
the end of October. Okanogan continues to 'lead' the pack with 267
species, but King & Yakima are not far behind this year. Overall,
numbers for the state as a whole remain close to last year's totals ,
but there seems to be a decent amount of variation at the
county-level.

You can help!

Download a copy of the cumulative year list , and see if you have any
records this year from some county that haven't yet been reported. If
you find any, look up the compiler for that county and send them the
information. All county compilers are listed at the above link,.


Good birding,

Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA