<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Happy New Year, everyone!<div><div><br></div><div>Now’s the time to wrap up those listing details from 2023 to clear the way for 2024 surprises and goals..<br><div><br></div><div><b>January 31, 2024 </b>is the deadline to send Washington Birder your 2022 List Report.</div><div><br></div><div><b>List Report and Big Day forms are available on the WA Birder website at: <a href="http://www.wabirder.com/forms.html">http://www.wabirder.com/forms.html</a> </b></div><div><br></div><div>It is easiest if you use the online forms to send in reports, but other options are provided as well if needed.</div><div><br></div><div>The annual list report is a great chance to look at the community and appreciate all the many accomplishments out there. </div><div><br></div><div>I believe for 2023 several very high state year lists and I’m sure we have many personal listing personal highs as well - 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><br></div><div>You don’t have to enter details for every category listed, just send in info for those important to you.</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">For 2023, be sure to adjust for recent lumps like Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher [along w/ the crow lump from a couple years back if not yet done]. In addition,<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px;"> w</span>e recommend using the eBird status decisions on local countability of introduced/exotic species.If you are on eBird, almost all the totaling is done for you. Most notably, most western WA counties no longer ‘count’ Ring-necked Pheasant in county life list totals.</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>Enjoy the new year, and send in the [reports of the] old!</div><div><br></div><div>Matt Bartels</div><div>Washington Birder</div><div>Seattle, WA</div></div></body></html>