<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;">Hi everyone -<div>A reminder to send in your year list reports by the end of the month - <br><div><br></div><div>The list report and big day forms are available on the WA Birder website at: http://www.wabirder.com/forms.html</div><div><br></div><div>You can turn in reports on as much or as little as you’d like — but the more people that take part, the more interesting it is as we celebrate the community’s birding for the year.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Matt Bartels</div><div>Seattle, WA</div><div>mattxyz@earthlink.net</div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>[Tweeters] Washington Bird List Reports for 2024 - time to send them in</b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January 4, 2025 at 4:05:59 PM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div 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 2024 to clear the way for 2025 surprises and goals..<br><div><br></div><div><b>January 31, 2025 </b>is the deadline to send Washington Birder your 2024 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><b>It is easiest if you use the online forms to send in reports, but other options are provided as well if needed.</b></div><div><b><br></b></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>This is most interesting the more people take part and report their results. 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 2024, be sure to adjust for recent lumps like Redpoll lump and the 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>This year, I added a spot on the form to report on 5-mile Radius totals for those of you who might have taken the next step from ‘yard list’.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Enjoy the new year, and I look forward to seeing reports of 2024</div><div><br></div><div>Matt Bartels</div><div>Washington Birder</div><div>Seattle, WA</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Tweeters mailing list<br>Tweeters@u.washington.edu<br>http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>