Subject: [Tweeters] Personal Mission Accomplished: 200 X 39 - With Thanks
Date: Sep 28 11:37:23 2014
From: AnnMarie Wood - amw.5737 at gmail.com


Heartfelt congratulations, Tom!
Happy to hear that you reached your amazing goal in the same way you
conducted your 6 year quest, with friends and in style!

Ann Marie Wood
At SFO waiting for my flight home

On Sunday, September 28, 2014, Tom Mansfield <birds at t-mansfield.com> wrote:

> Hey Tweets and Inlanders ? Yesterday (9/27/14) was a very special day for
> me in that my quest to be the first person to see 200 species of birds in
> every one of Washington?s 39 counties reached its successful conclusion on
> White?s Island in the Columbia, upriver from Cathlamet in Wahkiakum
> County. Horned Lark, of the rare streaked subspecies, was the bird capping
> my 6-year mission that covered over 180,000 miles of driving, hundreds of
> hours of research/planning, and the pleasure of emailing, meeting and
> birding with many of you all over Washington. And while not proud of my
> carbon footprint, I can say with certainty I made a six-figure contribution
> to the state?s economy ? much of it in small, out of the way places.
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> Your posts to Tweeters, Inland Northwest, BirdYak, BirdKitt, WhatcomBirds,
> LCBirds, Admiralty Audubon, San Juan Audubon Facebook, and eBird have all
> contributed so significantly to the success of this personal mission. And
> while I wished that I could have chartered a larger boat yesterday so that
> more could have been along for the final push (space was so limited the
> leader, Wahkiakum expert/naturalist Andrew Emlen, came by kayak ? his
> preferred mode anyway), I was honored to be joined by Andy and Ellen
> Stepniewski (luckily for me, the first birders I ever met when I started
> birding in 2006), Mike and MerryLynn Denny (incredibly skilled and
> knowledgeable about birds and our natural surroundings ), and MaryFrances
> Mathis and Matt Bartels (my first ?regular? birding buddies who got me
> started at Marymoor, helped me get a list going, made countless
> trips/chases with me, taught me so much). My true mentor and the Godfather
> of Washington County Listing, Ken Knittle, was unable to make the assault
> on White?s, a dredge spoils island with no dock or improvements, but he was
> waiting for us when we landed back at the Cathlamet Marina and after a
> celebratory picnic, joined us birding the remainder of the beautiful day in
> Wahkiakum.
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> To all who so willing shared their tips, experience, and knowledge ? many,
> many thanks. *The Washington County Listing gauntlet has been thrown
> down!* There are some outstanding young birders (and many not so young)
> who can take the threshold higher than 200 in every county. I hope you do
> ? because we will all learn more about the birds of Washington from your
> efforts along the way. Just beware: The listing bug?s bite can change
> your life forever!
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> Tom Mansfield headed home to Seattle ? but still county listing on the way?
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