Date:         Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:28:39 -0500
Reply-To:     lambertsewell <lambertsewell@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         lambertsewell <lambertsewell@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Cornell '99 Backyard Bird Count Results
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Okay folks, I've just been looking over this year's BBC results, and maybe
it's just me, but, I found the following species reports ...interesting:
 
White-crowned Sparrow:  21 reports showing 76 birds
Brewer's Blackbird:  21 reports showing 1074 birds
Red-breasted Nuthatch:  19 reports showing 27 birds
Pine Siskin:  25 reports showing 39 birds
White-winged Dove:  2 reports showing 26 birds
Black-capped Chickadee:  1 report showing 16 birds
Franklin's Gull:  4 birds
Clay-colored Sparrow:  3 birds
 
With these kinds of species out there, just waiting to be found and
"documented", what are we all doing sitting in front of our computers?!
 
There are other, better questions to be asked about such reports, and I'd be
interested in your thoughts, not just about these particular reports, but
also about the overall value of reporting processes such as this one.
Carol
 
Carol Lambert or Jeff Sewell
Tucker (Atlanta), Georgia,  USA