[TN-Bird] tennessee christmas bird counts for the past cbc season

From: "Stedman, Stephen" <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:05:42 +0000

The 31 CBCs conducted in Tennessee during the 114th CBC season represented a 
record number for the state; many thanks go to all the participants and the 25 
or so compilers who make the CBCs happen each year.

Currently, all but two of the CBCs conducted during the past season have been 
marked as complete by their respective compilers; if you are among the pair of 
compilers who have not yet marked your count as complete, please do so soon.  
If you are not sure if you are one of these fine folks, email me offline to 
find out.

It is gratifying to be able to say that the overall quality and quantity of 
documentation of CBC rarities went up-a lot-this year; thanks to all those who 
took the time to complete these important documents.

The most glaring problem I have thus far encountered with this year's online 
CBC data, and only for a few CBCs, has been an asymmetry between the Effort 
page, where the number of observers is listed, and the Participants page, where 
the names and cities of participants are listed.  There is often a disconnect 
between these, usually because many more participants are claimed to have taken 
part than are actually listed.  If you have not yet marked your count as 
complete, please check this matter.  If you have marked your count as complete, 
you may be hearing from me about this matter. Also, if you have not marked your 
count as complete, please check the date page and insert the date of your count 
if it is missing.

Note: Photos of CBC birds are always welcome by me and by the CBC folks at 
Audubon/Cornell Lab of Orn., so feel free to pass them along with date and name 
of count on which the image was obtained.


Stephen J. Stedman, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Tennessee Technological University
2675 Lakeland Dr.
Cookeville, TN 38506

931-528-3820

http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/birds.htm

[TN-Bird] tennessee christmas bird counts for the past cbc season

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