MichiganBirding Listers,
As always, apologies for cross posting and some of you getting multiple
copiesof this posting
You willnotice a total makeover of the MichListers Compilation. The new format
is intwo web accessible Google Sheets. County Lists of every type are in the
“MichListers Compilation - by County” Sheet.
State & RegionalLists and Ticks are in the “MichListers Compilation -
Other”Sheet
During the mostrecent reformatting and updating, we included the County and
State List totalsshown in eBird. It is time for the call for updates of
Michigan birders lists. Weare gathering the totals as of the end of 2020 for
the 30th Annual MichiganListers compilation. The compilation is always done
with totals as ofDecember 31st. PLEASE ONLY SEND TOTALS THAT ARE DIFFERENTTHAN
WHAT THE COMPILATION ALREADY SHOWS!! Also, please divide yoursubmission as
appropriate for the two separate Sheets and please send the datain the order
that they will appear in the Sheets. Do not just send in a list ofyour County
List Totals.
We knowthere are some birders with large County lists who have not participated
in thepast and we ask for your help in encouraging them to submit their
totals.Please note that since there are no Whooping Crane records accepted
forMichigan by the Michigan Bird Records Committee we do NOT include them in
thiscompilation. DO NOT INCLUDE WHOOPING CRANE OR SMEW IN ANY OF YOUR
LISTTOTALS. The same is currently true for European Goldfinch, BarnacleGoose
and any other species not on the official Michigan list (even if theyshow up in
your eBird totals).
To see theresults of previous compilations werecommend that you visit this
website put together by Todd Palgut:
https://sites.google.com/view/listers-mi/home
If you have 100 or more birds on your list for any County or other site
inMichigan, we encourage you to send the list in. The lists of categories
areincluded in the first column of the Overview page of each Sheet.
Feel free to contact us with any questions you have. Please forward to anyother
local Michigan birding email lists you may be part of and please let usknow if
you notice any mistakes.
Perhaps most importantly, please note the new email address for submissions
andcorrections:
MichListersCompilation@xxxxxxxxx
