[TN-Bird] online county lists of butterflies in tn--a model for what is needed for birds in tn

Since many Tennessee birders have started to include butterflies (and
moths) among the species that they observe while in the field, it might
be of interest to some of them to know that there is a website--The
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)--that offers lists of
butterflies (and moths) that have been documented as occurring in the 95
counties of Tennessee. If you'd like to examine this website (in the
event that you do not know about it), click on the first website link
provided below, then click on Map Search, then click on the outline of
Tennessee in the map that appears, and then click on the outline of any
Tennessee county in the next map that appears to see which of 131
butterflies species documented for Tennessee have been recorded within
the boundaries of that county.
 
Many of the butterfly data for Tennessee now archived at the BAMONA
website derive from field work conducted by Rita Venable, who has been
active around the state photographing and identifying butterfies for the
past decade.  She deserves considerable credit for this work, which will
probably continue as the single most significant contribution of
butterfly data to the BAMONA site for many years to come.
 
While many Tennessee county butterfly lists have a fair number of
species listed, much work in this regard remains to be done.  If you
have an interest in butterflies (or moths), please consider documenting
species not yet listed for your home county, or surrounding counties,
and submitting the documentation so that a better understanding of the
distribution of these species in Tennessee can be achieved.  Click on
the second link below to see how this can be done.
 
After you have inspected the BAMONA website, I think you will agree that
it would be useful if a similar online resource were available
reflecting the bird species that have been detected in each of the 95
Tennessee counties.  Perhaps here is a task that the TOS might begin to
work on?
 
Steve Stedman
Cookeville, TN
 
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/
 
http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/TNButterflyDocumentation.htm
 
 
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