Subject: [Tweeters] Updated cumulative county year list file available online
Date: Sep 26 05:33:04 2011
From: mattxyz at earthlink.net - mattxyz at earthlink.net


Hi Tweeters & Inland-NW-Birders -

An overdue updated version of the 2011 county year list project is up
at Washington Birder. We've received updates from almost all the
counties with details through the end of August. County compilers,
especially for the underbirded counties, would appreciate receiving
reports of any birds seen in their counties (A list of compilers is
available at the link, below)

As with the previous update, it appears that more species are being
seen overall this year than at the same point last year. 23 of 39
counties are doing better this year than they were last year, with
most of those (16) being in Western WA. Last year at the end-of-June
update, we had tallied 330 species in Western WA, 304 in Eastern WA
and 364 state-wide.
This year we've tallied 338 in Western WA, 303 in Eastern WA, and 375
statewide.


If you'd like to take a look at where things stand, the list and many
other interesting files are at the Washington Birder website:

<http://www.wabirder.com/>http://www.wabirder.com/


A direct link to the 2011 county yearlist & the list of county
compilers, including direct links to some individual county year
lists with more details and more frequent updates:

http://wabirder.com/bartel.html


Thanks to all the compilers and all those pitching in to sketch a
picture of another year's birds in WA.


Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA