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Great Backyard Bird Count February 12-15, 2010
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Posted by claire z6b Coastal MA (My Page) on Mon, Feb 8, 10 at 12:09
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RE: Great Backyard Bird Count February 12-15, 2010
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RE: Great Backyard Bird Count February 12-15, 2010
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- Posted by claire z6b Coastal MA (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 2, 10 at 11:53
| Final Tally: Statistics from 2010 Total Checklists Submitted: 96,842 Total Species Observed: 600 Total Individual Birds Counted: 11,185,368 Updated: March 2, 2010 8:10:08 AM EST That's a whole lot of birds, seen by a whole lot of people, in a whole lot of places. I'm glad I was one of them (the people, that is). Claire |
RE: Great Backyard Bird Count February 12-15, 2010
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| That's a very impressive count. On their website, checking the individual states, it's probably not surprising that so many 'red dots' symbolizing counting sites are located in Eastern MA, and especially around Cape Cod Bay. Not sure why wild turkeys didn't make the top ten list, but I wonder about Florida. Almost 2 million birds counted? More than Texas or California? Makes me think they were counting snow birds. This GBBC is quite an effort, the map of North America sites is, indeed, impressive, and thanks to you, Claire, more of us are now better informed. Good on ya! Jane |
RE: Great Backyard Bird Count February 12-15, 2010
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- Posted by claire z6b Coastal MA (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 2, 10 at 16:31
Thanks, Jane.
Mass Audubon and the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences (which started out as the Manomet Bird Observatory) have probably increased awareness of birds in Eastern MA. Besides, we have the advantage of harboring both shore and land-bound birds. It's fun to check out other towns and states to see what we have in common, and what outlandish birds (by New England standards) some people see every day. The Hawaii State Tally is a mix of wonderful sounding names and birds we also share. They saw Elepaio and Omao and Red-billed Leiothrix and Rock Pigeons and House Sparrows. Today is my second count day for Project FeederWatch, so it's back to the Downy Woodpeckers and Blue Jays and Northern Cardinals and Song Sparrows ..... Claire |
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