[Tweeters] 2022 Washington Birder List and Big Day Reports

[Matt Bartels]

Hi all -

Happy to announce the 2022 Year List & Big Day report for Washington Birder is up and available. 
It is always fun to pull together this glimpse of our community.

Check out the files at the following link to see how everyone did in 2022 - http://wabirder.com/online.html <http://wabirder.com/online.html>

Highlights for the year include:

The State Big Year record was tied, with Brian Pendleton and Darchelle Worley matching Will Brooks’s 2021 mark of 376.


5 new county big year records and one tie w/ a previous county big year.
Russ Koppendrayer in Cowlitz County (199)
Steve Hampton in Jefferson County (211)
Timothy Brennan in Klickitat County (188)
Jacob Miller in Mason County (200)
Mark Selle in Spokane County (241)
MerryLynn Denny in Walla Walla County (263) (matching Mike Denny’s previous record)


Greg Harrington became only the 36th person to reach 100+ species in all 39 counties.


County Big Day records were set in Clallam County (126), Columbia County (101) and  San Juan County (118).



All that and more is compiled in this year’s report.

A direct link to the list report with all the state & county life and year list totals can be found here: http://www.wabirder.com/docs/listreport2022.pdf <http://www.wabirder.com/docs/listreport2022.pdf>

And a direct link to the Big Day report from 2022 is here: http://www.wabirder.com/docs/BigDayReport2022.pdf <http://www.wabirder.com/docs/BigDayReport2022.pdf>



Thanks  to everyone who sent in your totals, and here’s to many more updates and surprises in 2023.


Matt Bartels
Washington Birder

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