<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=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Happy New Year, everyone!<div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Now’s the time to wrap up those listing details from 2022 to clear the way for 2023 adventures.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">January 31, 2023 </b>is the deadline to send Washington Birder your 2022 List Report.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">List Report and Big Day forms are available on the WA Birder website at: <a href="http://www.wabirder.com/forms.html" class="">http://www.wabirder.com/forms.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The annual list report is a great chance to look at the community and appreciate all the many accomplishments out there. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I believe many people have set personal high counts this year in their home counties, and several very high state year lists - it would be excellent receive that info for the overall report. Regardless of how high or low your totals are, this is a chance to join in the community summary of accomplishments.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You don’t have to enter details for every category listed, just send in info for those important to you.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you are on eBird, almost all the totaling is done for you Also for eBirders: In the 2022 reporting, eBird is in the process of incorporating a different method of calculating list totals that will remove some exotics/introduced species. This is currently visible on regional checklists on eBird, but not on personal life list totals.Most notably, before long most western WA counties will no longer ‘count’ Ring-necked Pheasant in county life list totals. For this year, use the method you prefer - we’ll likely follow this new approach next year, once fully integrated in eBird.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Enjoy the new year, and send in the [reports of the] old!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Matt Bartels</div><div class="">Washington Birder</div><div class="">Seattle, WA</div></div></div></div></body></html>