Hi all,
I'm mainly responding to Stefan Schlick's comments on the Forest Grove CBC,
which Mary Anne Sohlstrom had also made a year or two (or maybe more) ago.
Portland's CBC has always been a big dog--in some ways, the number of bodies is
needed given the amount of roads and small parks to cover. But 200! I thought
we had an embarrassment of riches 15+ years ago when i was compiler and we had
near or at 100, with most of those in the southern part of the circle.
This year, the weather moving the Sauvie count made the three Portland area
counts on three consecutive days, which makes it difficult. The Sauvie count
is half in Vancouver, and I know that the Sauvie side, like the Forest Grove
count, has always had some difficulty getting folks there. ]
The weekend Christmas always screws things up as well--it's best to have one of
each of these counts on each weekend, but Portland's numbers still dominate.
What would be good is if some of the Portland CBC folks might consider going to
one of the other local counts--once they have done one in Portland, they have
good experience and know what to do. Frankly, the changes in habitat in the
Forest Grove CBC circle make it one that we ought to be spending more time and
resources on as that habitat changes and growth occurs. It really is one that
merits continuation.
A weekday count in the Portland area would also be attractive as well. I know
that I only could look at weekday counts this year, and the ones close were not
ones I could do (the complications of a blended family have made it exceedingly
difficult for me to get out to even one count the last five years after
counting for 30 in a row)
Ray Korpi
Vancouver WA
