[Umpqua Birds] Re: Happy New Year!
- From: Mark Hamm <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 17:57:17 -0500
Wow Jim! Sounds like a good endeavor. Would enjoy helping you anyway I can.
Offer my car, gas and time if it fits my schedule.
Good luck!
Mark Hamm
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From: umpquabirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [umpquabirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of James [billstinj@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 1:16 AM
To: umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Umpqua Birds] Happy New Year!
Happy New year Umpqua Birders! I am excited to do a lot of birding this year!
Ebird asked local birders to issue a challenge for a local big year and I am
going to take it up! I was planning on doing a state big year but a couple of
things ended up work working against me. One, my car is on its way out, and the
money I save in gas by not driving across the state will help me save up for a
new car. Two, if I want to see rare birds there are plenty of opportunities for
me to do so in this county! The nine hour drive to Enterprise to look for a
Mckay's Bunting, for example, could instead be used to bird for nine hours
locally and find cool stuff here! Third, I will become a better birder by
covering local areas myself instead of finding good birds where others know
they are. For example, there are a lot of Pine Grosbeaks showing up around the
state. I could drive to somewhere where others have found them, or I could
check appropriate habitat in the county and find them myself! It will be
harder, and undoubtedly I will make a couple of trips that are fruitless, but
when I do finally find them it will be much more rewarding! And I will learn
more from my misses!
So I'm going to try and do a Douglas county big year, and my goal is 300
checklists and 245 species! I also want to improve my birdsong skills,
specifically for neotropical species in the county. It will be tough, but I am
excited to explore new areas of our diverse county looking for different bird
species! If I'm taking a trip on a weekend Ill let you all know in case someone
wants to join me!
Happy New Year!
Jimmy Billstine
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