As, perhaps with most birders, the BGBY is a new concept in birding for me. I even had the acronym wrong! Might those who do submit BGBY totals ALSO include what county or counties the totals come? THANKS -- -- Bob Domagalski, St. Nazianz ---- Tim Vargo <tvargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Bob and others, > > Those interested in a 2011 BGBY are invited to use a shared spreadsheet > created by Owen Boyle. It provides an easy way to track your BGBY numbers > and see where you stand in relation to other birders. He also created a blog > for those interested in sharing their BGBY experiences. > > If you'd like to join the 2011 Wisconsin Green Birding Challenge please > backchannel me for information. > > The 2010 competition saw Scott Baughman with an astonishing 234 species, > followed by Andy Paulios (182) and Sam Corbo (161). > > I'm excited to see this type of healthy and environmentally friendly list > make it into the Badger Birder. > > Good luck to everyone in 2011! > > Tim Vargo > > Timothy Vargo > Manager of Research and Citizen Science > Urban Ecology Center > 1500 E Park Pl > Milwaukee WI 53211 > > Phone: (414) 964-8505 x 116 > Fax: (414) 964-1084 > > tvargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > www.urbanecologycenter.org > -----Original Message----- > From: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of rcd2@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 9:40 AM > To: Wisbirdnet > Subject: [wisb] WSO Totals > > The WSO will again be printing the totals of Wisconsin birder's in The > Badger Birder. Any birder can submit their totals, as long as they meet the > threshold number. The deadline for submitting totals is March 15, 2011. > Birders with internet access can submit their totals simply by replying to > this message and giving their numbers. There is one additional category of > Totals this year. It is the 2010 BIGBY Total. Many of you are already > familiar with the work of Bernie Sloan and Scott Baughman on this matter. > For the purposes of the WSO BIGBY totals, such a total is the number of > species seen by selecting a center point (perhaps your home or place of work) > and then noting all the birds found when walking, biking, canoeing,etc. from > this central location. Also, any home feeder birds are fair game. Any > species found with the aid of a motorized form of transportation (even public > transportation) is not countable. Perhaps not many birders kept such a list > for 2010 bu > t we intend to offer such a list again in 2011. You can start right now! I > am already up to 16 species this year - and intend to do MUCH walking and > biking to near-by birding spots in the coming year. My legs and arms are > just twitching to get going in earnest. Perhaps this will be as healthy for > me as it is for the environment. > Following are the categories of Totals. And, again, one is able to > submit their totals simply by reply to this message with their numbers. And > THANKS for participating! > -- Bob Domagalski, St. Nazianz > 1. 2010 Wisconsin Year Total (threshold 200) > 2. Wisconsin Life Total (threshold 200) > 3. ABA Area Life Total (threshold 400)- this is basically the 49 continental > US states and Canada plus off shore waters - it does not include Mexico and > the Caribbean > 4. County Life Totals (threshold 125 for any of the 72 counties in Wisconsin) > 5. 2010 BIGBY Total (threshold 100) > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding > Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > > > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding > Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > > #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.