My apologies to those interested in the county lists; Grays Harbor County
is not up-to-date thanks to a glitch with my computer. I just got it back
from the shop an hour ago and will be doing my very best to update the list
asap. I can tell you it is a very strange feeling to be entirely without a
computer for a week! Very traumatic....

Dianna Moore
Ocean Shores


On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Matt Bartels <mattxyz at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi Tweeters & Inland NW Birders -
>
> An updated version of the 2014 County Yearlist Project is up and available
> at Washington Birder. We've received updates from all but two of the 39
> counties as of the end of April. Thanks to everyone who has contributed by
> sending county compilers their sightings &/or posting on ebird.
>
> An end-of-April cut off for produces a lot of variability in the lists --
> there is so much that is coming in right around the first of May that the
> precise totals for each county are pretty insignificant -- one week earlier
> or later could make the difference for a dozen or more species , easily.
> Nevertheless, here's a bit of year-on-year comparing!
>
> As of the end of April 2014, 318 species had been tallied -- that's well
> under last year's end-April total of 332. Western WA, at 278 species was
> also well short of last year's 292, and Eastern WA's 259 is likewise well
> below last year's 269.
>
> Of the 25 species reported in 2013 and not yet in 2014, I count at least
> 11 that have actually been seen but just didn't make the list [either
> because they are in one of the missing counties or because of being seen
> just after May 1]. So though we are perhaps a bit slower than last year in
> terms of birds, I don't think there's too much difference at this macro
> level.
>
> 14 counties reported the same or higher totals than at the same time last
> year. Walla Walla County is leading the way with 206, edging out Clallam
> this year [along w/ close followers King, Thurston & Yakima].
>
> 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 2014 county yearlist & the list of county compilers
> contact info:
>
> http://www.wabirder.com/county_yearlist.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
>
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