[Tweeters] contest: Guess the next 5 state birds!

[Matt Bartels]

Hi all -
Last reminder to get in your guesses for the next 5 new species for WA -
I need to receive your guesses by the end of this long weekend to count.
Join in the fun w/ just 5 quick guesses

Thanks,

Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA


> On Jan 9, 2021, at 6:59 AM, Matt Bartels <mattxyz at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 

> Hi Tweeters  & INWBers

> A reminder that we are getting close to the deadline to join in the ‘guess the next 5 state birds’ contest this round.

> I’m accepting responses for a couple more weeks —

> See message below and the linked article for details.

> 

> One fun note: With the appearance of a pretty solid looking   Winter Wren yesterday, I’m not accepting guesses of Winter Wren from anyone who has not yet submitted a list.  I believe 2 participants so far got that one, so there are early leaders in the game.

> 

> Best,

> 

> Matt Bartels

> Seattle, WA

> 

>> On Dec 11, 2020, at 5:18 AM, Matt Bartels <mattxyz at earthlink.net <mailto:mattxyz at earthlink.net>> wrote:

>> 

>> hi everyone -

>> I wanted to ping the list to participate in a contest if interested. In the current issue of WOS News [https://wos.org/documents/wosnews/wosnews188.pdf#page=1 <https://wos.org/documents/wosnews/wosnews188.pdf#page=1> ], I’ve got a summary of the last round of this game. 31 people sent in guesses last time [late 2017-2018], predicting the next 5 birds that would be added to the official state list of birds. After adding 8 [or 7, depending on how you count] species, there were 3 winners last time: Congrats to Evie Merrill, Grace Oliver, and Brad Waggoner for correctly predicting two of the new species. 

>> 

>> This will be the 4th time this contest has been run - once by Dennis Paulson in 1994, twice more recently by me, and now this new round.

>> 

>> Will a Cerulean Warble come to visit? How about a Winter Wren? Maybe the next bird will see us finally add a phylloscopus warbler to our list... or a Mississippi Kite….. too many choices!

>> 

>> To join in: Read the article above for details and ideas, spend some time with the state checklist and other resources to figure out what seems likely, and then make your guesses. Send a list of 5 species to me here, by mid-January. Then, in a couple years or so, we’ll see how we all did.

>> 

>> Looking forward to seeing what the collective wisdom of the crowd comes up to this time around.

>> 

>> Matt Bartels

>> Seattle, WA

>> 

>> 

>> 

> 

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