Capital Area Birding Year

[Dmcwhir513 at aol.com]

Folks - 

I sent this message out via my gmail address and totally forgot I would not 
register as a member using that address.  Sorry if this ends up as a duplicate 
e-mail.

Please respond to gmail account: <doug.mcwhirter at gmail.com>

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Starting on the New Year, I'd like to keep track of the birds seen during 
2008 in the counties of Ingham, Eaton, and Clinton and in theMaple River SGA.  We 
did this for the Capital Count Area during the mid-70's and it might be fun 
to try it using more modern means.

I'd like to do this for each of the counties and Maple River SGA, noting 
dates, sites and observer(s).  I'd also like to collect breeding data, although 
that was done for the BBA during the last several years. Maximum counts would 
also be interesting.

For resident species, the final entry for the year might look like this:

Blue Jay
   Ingham - 01 Jan in Holt, Jeff Pavlik;  nest building seen 17 May at 
Fenner, Clara Bratton
   Eaton - 01 Jan near Dimondale, Doug McWhirter
   Clinton - 01 Jan near Grand Ledge, John Baumgartner; nest found 04 Jun, 
same
   Maple River - 01 Jan in Clinton Co, Karl Ott and PatDeventer;  46 recorded 
in the SGA on 13 Oct, Ryan Dziedzic.

For winter visitors we would be looking for last spring dates and first fall 
dates.

For breeding birds it would be first and last dates for the year.

For through migrants it would be first and last dates of the season.

The information for rarities would be summarized.

Observers and interested parties can e-mail me with information or 
anexpression of their interest and I will respond with a group e-mail tobe updated as 
often as seems feasible.

If you have questions, please let me know.

Good birding in 2008 !

Doug McWhirter



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