<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">This is huge. Major thanks to you both!!<div><br></div><div>Fantastic effort. Enormous contribution!!</div><div><br></div><div>Nets birding,</div><div>Rob<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">—<div>Rob Faucett</div><div>+1(206) 619-5569</div><div>robfaucett@mac.com</div><div>Seattle, WA 98105</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 25, 2025, at 8:26 AM, Matt Bartels via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Hello all!<div><br></div><div>Michael Hobbs and I have updated the WA Birder Excel spreadsheet and the one page county checklists for the new year.</div><div><br></div><div>The Excel checklist combines all the county codes in a sheet that allows you to tally your county totals [and do a bunch of other fun things]. Both the ‘enhanced’ version and the plain version are available at the Washington Birder website at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://wabirder.com/combined_county_list.html__;!!JYXjzlvb!iXVwS1O0N4cUavIV7D3VWkTQa5k30gtASQ7pLecjv90IXUav_n_fGu4XUBRH32ULTxB_IUs12I25IX6szIgRjPLmJZPr$">http://wabirder.com/combined_county_list.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Worth noting: </b><span> If you fill in your sightings, a feature that allows you to generate a one page pdf of any county list with all your species checked off automatically.</span> This addition Michael created makes entering your ’ticks’ into the spreadsheet even more worthwhile.</div><div><br></div><div>The new checklist includes state firsts from recent years for Lesser Nighthawk, <span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Great Knot, Marsh Sandpiper, Song Thrush, Siberian Pipit and Cassin's Sparrow. It also lumps together the Western Flycatcher and the Redpolls in light of recent taxonomic updates. Finally, we include </span>many county firsts and updated codes for Jefferson and Kitsap counties</div><div><div><br></div><div><b>Background</b>:</div><div>Every year since 2003 I've updated this checklist, adding new species and county firsts, and revising it to comply with the latest taxonomic updates produced by the AOU & ABA. In addition, the checkist can be sorted by the eBird (Clements) sort order.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are looking for a color-coded way to track your county lists and/or see how abundant any species is in a given county, give the list a try.</div><div><br></div><div>With the 'enhanced' spreadsheet, you can generate county needs lists, see which counties you've seen or need any given species, and more. Instructions on using the spreadsheet are on the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://wabirder.com/combined_county_list.html__;!!JYXjzlvb!iXVwS1O0N4cUavIV7D3VWkTQa5k30gtASQ7pLecjv90IXUav_n_fGu4XUBRH32ULTxB_IUs12I25IX6szIgRjPLmJZPr$">same page</a> linked above.</div><div><br></div><div>Instructions on transferring your data from an older copy of your spreadsheet to the new one are included at the website as well.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(0, 199, 252);"><br></span></div><div><b>The one page pdf blank county checklist</b>s are available at the following link: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://wabirder.com/county_map.html__;!!JYXjzlvb!iXVwS1O0N4cUavIV7D3VWkTQa5k30gtASQ7pLecjv90IXUav_n_fGu4XUBRH32ULTxB_IUs12I25IX6szIgRjORM5Vwr$">http://wabirder.com/county_map.html</a></div><div><div>If you want to move away from the screen and enjoy some time filling in checks on a list, print out a few county lists and start marking it up.</div><div><br></div><div>Summaries of all the 2024 and 2023 “County Firsts” are available at this link: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wabirder.com/county_firsts.html__;!!JYXjzlvb!iXVwS1O0N4cUavIV7D3VWkTQa5k30gtASQ7pLecjv90IXUav_n_fGu4XUBRH32ULTxB_IUs12I25IX6szIgRjAvkrUSM$">http://www.wabirder.com/county_firsts.html</a></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(0, 199, 252);"><br></span></div><div><b>Finally, a reminder that your 2024 totals are due</b> <b>by the end of January</b>— I’d encourage everyone to take some time and fill out the portions you track. It is always a great community event to pull this info together into one annual report we can share. </div><div>List Report (and Big Day) forms are available on the Washington Birder website: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wabirder.com/forms.html__;!!JYXjzlvb!iXVwS1O0N4cUavIV7D3VWkTQa5k30gtASQ7pLecjv90IXUav_n_fGu4XUBRH32ULTxB_IUs12I25IX6szIgRjASXBbeO$">http://www.wabirder.com/forms.html</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>We look forward to feedback or suggestions, and would be happy to help troubleshoot problems if you run across them.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(0, 199, 252);"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div>Matt Bartels</div><div>Seattle, WA</div><div>mattxyz[at]earthlinnk[dot]net</div></div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Tweeters mailing list</span><br><span>Tweeters@u.washington.edu</span><br><span>http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>