Hey everyone, It was pointed out to me that I made a slight error in the date The count will be held FRIDAY, Dec 16th. Sorry for any confusion. --Chris W, Richland County Sent from my iPod On Nov 21, 2011, at 18:48, Chris West <little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm surprised there haven't been many CBC posts yet. > > I am the new compiler for the Columbus CBC. I took over this year from Bob > Domagalski who ran the count previously. > As many of you know, a lot of the area around Columbus is open country. > Therefore, this CBC will be excellent for counting open-country birds such as > Longspurs, Snow Buntings and Tree Sparrows among other things. > I am currently looking to fill at least 3 vacant sections in order to > effectively cover a bare minimum of the count circle. > > The Columbus CBC will be held on Thurs, Dec 16th this year. Please let me > know ASAP if you can help cover one of the sections. The more people we have, > the better! > > In previous years, this count has reported to the National Audubon society. > The fee for this has, in the past, been covered by the Madison Audubon > society. This year, that will not be the case. Therefore, I will leave it up > to the field observers whether they want to pay the fee and include the > results in the National Audubon Society database. If the fee cannot be > covered, then the count will not be reported to the NAS. > > > > > Happy Birding! --Chris W, Richland County Interpretive Naturalist Mississippi > Explorer Cruises > http://mississippiexplorer.com/chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ > http://www.nabirding.com/http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto > > "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first > material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire > the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things > breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a > one can be again." > > (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) > > #################### > 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