Hello Birders,
As part of Richmond Audubon's annual spring Bird-a-thon fundraiser, the
Purple Martians attempted a big day in Metro-Richmond on Saturday (29th).
The Purple Martians are Arun Bose, Beth Oristian and Ellison Orcutt. We
just went for it, there was little planning and we didn't scout or make an
attempt for nocturnal species. We finished the day with *124* species.
Not impressive by VA big day standards but respectable considering our
adherence to Metro-Richmond boundaries. There were a couple of bad misses
(in addition to night birds) but there were also some good gets. Next year
we'll be back with our sites set on bumping our Metro-RVA big day record
over 130.
The full list of species is here:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36411854
Please consider supporting our Bird-a-thon team and Richmond Audubon.
http://www.richmondaudubon.org/the-purple-martians/
Good birding,
Ellison
Ellison Orcutt
Birder/Naturalist
Richmond, Va
Cell: (804) 339-6976
Mr.EllyO@xxxxxxxxx
