<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 Tweeters & InlandNW Birders<div><br><div>An updated version of the 2025 County Yearlist Project is up and available at Washington Birder.</div><div><a href="http://wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html">http://wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>Thanks compilers for all your work, and thanks everyone who has contributed.</div><div><br></div><div>This update, coming at the end of August and as Fall Migration was just beginning, is less ’stable’ in timing that some of the other updates - some migrants might show up just a little earlier or later and bend the numbers - nevertheless, it is interesting to see where things stand.</div><div><br></div><div>Here’s how things look compared with recent years:</div></div><div><br></div><div><div><b>We’ve tallied 375 species statewide as of the end of August in 2025</b>. That’s 4 below last year at this point, and 2 above 2023’s totall. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>For Western WA, our 343 total </b>is 6 lower than last year, and 1 lower than 2023.</div><div><br></div><div><b>For Eastern WA, our 310 total</b> is 4 lower than last year, and 2 higher than 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>Overall, things are pretty consistent, but we are doing a bit low compared to last year when it comes to diversity of species seen.</div></div><div><br></div><div>11 Counties have higher totals than this time last year, while 26 have lower totals than at this point last year. Two counties have exactly the same total as at this point last year.</div><div><br></div><div><b>86 species have been seen in all 39 counties</b>, and 162 species have been found in 30 or more counties.</div><div><br></div><div><b><div style="font-weight: normal;">A handful of species new to the year list have come in since the end of August- It looks like we’ll add Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Upland Sandpiper, Hooded Oriole and probably others in September. We’ve still got plenty of time for more fall vagrants to pop up, along with winter surprisesl. And Neah Bay season is just getting going…., who knows what surprises remain….</div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">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: </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wabirder.com/__;!!JYXjzlvb!zG34Bg6bHN7DFbBBUaTDwShMg1FqqyJYn5MFZzMWbfTt3uAOqMTkSTJu0EzT-2kdesFyODa5qw$">http://www.wabirder.com/</a> <br><br><br>A direct link to the 2025 county yearlist & the list of county compilers contact info:<div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html__;!!JYXjzlvb!zG34Bg6bHN7DFbBBUaTDwShMg1FqqyJYn5MFZzMWbfTt3uAOqMTkSTJu0EzT-2kdesFgZPFJVA$">http://www.wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><br></div><br><div><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;">Thanks to all the compilers and all those pitching in to sketch a picture of another year's birds in WA. </div></div></div></b></div><div><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><br></div></div></div></b></div><div>Good birding,</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Matt Bartels</div><div>Seattle, WA</div></div></b></div></div></body></html>