[wisb] Re: Winter finches defy prognosticators
- From: Ryan Brady <ryanbrady10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>, <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:59:57 -0700
While the forecast is fun, it's way overhyped (much like most predictions).
Any students out there looking for a small class project might consider
reviewing past winter finch forecasts and assessing their accuracy within the
state and region using indices from the Passenger Pigeon, eBird, and North
American Birds reports. Past forecasts are available at
http://www.neilyworld.com/neilyworld/pittaway-old.htm
Ryan Brady
Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
http://www.pbase.com/rbrady
> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 13:39:02 -0800
> From: bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wisb] Winter finches defy prognosticators
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Just read a newspaper article about the predictions in the Winter Finch
> Forecast being wrong this year. I was thinking recently that Wisconsin
> reports of redpolls, crossbills, etc., didn't seem to jibe with what I'd read
> in the finch forecast.
>
> Wonder why the predictions were wrong?
>
> See: http://bit.ly/ymA8Rv
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Milwaukee
>
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