It's been 500 days since I posted an update on obol of the county
checklists maintained by the East Cascades Audubon Society at
http://www.ecaudubon.org/#!county-checklists/c1s34. At least once per
year I try to let people know about this resource and give people an
opportunity to see what's going on with their county totals. I am fully
aware that there are only about 11 people who care about such things
but, I have little else to do. You can download a complete copy of
updates from the last 5 years at
https://app.box.com/s/stscjmtxobrjwymwhoavmiqq91qb9y6a.
Here's a summary of the county totals since my last post on 8/25/14:
(Caveat: Not all increases are the result of new species being seen in
the county. Some additions are the result of inclusions of prior
omitted species that were previously overlooked.)
* Perhaps the most impressive thing is that all but 3 of Oregon's 36
counties added species to their county lists.
* One county (LIncoln) actually lost some species due to a decision by
a peer review panel to take a more conservative view of the county
list and remove a net total of 5 species.
* Josephine, Klamath and Umatilla led all counties with a net gain of
5 species.
* Counties that added 4 species included: Coos, Tillamook, Linn,
Washington and Wheeler.
* As for rankings, Lincoln fell from 2nd to 4th, Klamath overtook
Multnomah for 9th place, Umatilla moved up one to 17th place and
Wasco leapfrogged over Jefferson and Malheur to grab 25th place.
*
1_7_16
1 Lane 416
2 Coos 410
3 Curry 405
4 Lincoln 403
5 Douglas 387
6 Harney 382
7 Tillamook 375
8 Clatsop 372
9 Klamath 352
10 Multnomah 350
11 Deschutes 346
12 Lake 343
13 Jackson 338
14 Benton 331
15 Marion 322
16 Linn 319
17 Umatilla 314
18 Polk 313
19 Washington 307
20 Union 304
21 Grant 302
22 Wallowa 296
23 Clackamas 295
24 Crook 294
25 Wasco 289
26 Jefferson 288
27 Malheur 288
28 Yamhill 288
29 Baker 281
30 Hood River 281
31 Josephine 280
32 Morrow 276
33 Columbia 275
34 Sherman 271
35 Wheeler 261
36 Gilliam 258
--
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for
sure that just ain't so.
Mark Twain
Chuck Gates
541-280-4957
Powell Butte,
Central Oregon
Oregon Birding Site Guide
www.birdingoregon.info
