Hello Tweeters & Inland NW Birders -

An updated version of the 2012 county year list project is available at the Washington Birder website. We've received updates from most of the counties with details for birds seen this year though 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).

Totals continue to generally track higher than last year -- The year totals for this update are, with last year's corresponding end-Aug totals in [brackets]: West WA 349 [330], East WA 311 [304], Statewide WA 385 [364]. 29 of our 39 counties have reported more species than last year at this same point.


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/


A direct link to the 2012 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