<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi hi<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A little late, but here’s the first bi-monthly update of the 2022 County Year List Project. Most compilers sent in updates with their county list through the end of February.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As of the end of Feb, </div><div class=""><div class="">As of the end of February, 249 species had been reported across the state, 225 in Western WA and 193 in Eastern WA.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">The <b class="">state total</b> [249] is 8 lower than the end-feb totals in 2021,1 below 2020s total.. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">The <b class="">Western WA total</b> [225] was 11 lower than last year, but 9 higher than 2020. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The<b class=""> Eastern WA total</b><span class=""> [193] </span>this year was 8 lower than last year, and 1 lower than 2020.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The best bird for this period would likely be the Snohomish Whooper Swan. [The Red-flanked Bluetail only arrived well after the end of Feb, but is pretty likely to be the best of next update…]. We also had the Seattle Hoary Redpoll that many were able to see, a Common Grackle in Pasco, and a handful of semi-rare gulls around. We didn’t seem to have had any Yellow-bellied or even Red-naped Sapsuckers in the state over these months, and now we wait to see what spring migration brings.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">If you'd like to take a look at where things stand, the list and many other interesting files are at the Washington Birder website: <br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wabirder.com/__;!!JYXjzlvb!18CjLt1lTQSq6kK-cESc_jVnrJJiLnFE6jn8tQcQTHukTC6W3siJalU2fA1uyXxvSs0fsTalPg$" class="">http://www.wabirder.com/</a> <br class=""><br class=""><br class="">A direct link to the 2022 county yearlist & the list of county compilers:</div><div class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html__;!!JYXjzlvb!18CjLt1lTQSq6kK-cESc_jVnrJJiLnFE6jn8tQcQTHukTC6W3siJalU2fA1uyXxvSs1RTwhszA$" class="">http://wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html</a><br class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""></p><div class=""><div class="">Thanks to all the compilers and all those pitching in to begin to sketch a picture of another year's birds in WA. <br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Matt Bartels <br class="">Seattle, WA </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>