Date: 11/5/24 12:35 pm From: Timothy Grover <julyguy56...> Subject: Re: 100 Birds per county
Congratulations on completing this task! 100+ birds per county is very
impressive. I'm trying to do this too, but I'm not close to 100 per county.
Tim Grover, Monroe County.
On Tue, Nov 5, 2024, 14:55 Grove, Deborah Shuey <dsg4...> wrote:
> I posted this on FB and now on Listservs.
> After many years of casual birding and moving up to a more focused
> campaign in recent years, I am ALL DONE! 100+ species in each of
> Pennsylvania’s 67 counties. The last was Lackawanna on Oct 22 and the last
> bird was a SINGING Winter Wren at Griffin Reservoir. Second to the last was
> Gadwall at the same reservoir. Roana Fuller and I had celebratory ice
> cream at the Ice Shack in Mill Hall PA.
>
> Top 10 counties are
> Huntingdon 270
> Centre 253
> Mifflin 187
> Blair 180
> Juniata 167
> Erie 161
> Fulton 161
> Clinton 153
> Bedford 153
> Cumberland 148
> Lowest are
> Beaver
> 100
> Delaware
> 100
> Lehigh
> 100
> Bradford
> 100
> Sullivan
> 100
> Lackawanna
> 100
>
> Total county ticks are 8314, the average # of species per county is 124
> and the median is 114.
> The PSO journal Pennsylvania Birds once published county lists and ticks
> every year. However, with the advent of eBird, this tapered off. According
> to the last lists published, the top three with 100 or more birds in each
> county and highest county ticks were Deuane Hoffman<
> https://www.facebook.com/deuane.hoffman?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUrVMO-NvdLKoJy73yDQv3-k69J0FKzmW0UhpqRZTuq0EcjayJau3MiRDrBqTh5i2XSof1rbMlgGEev9dccs0XsC9cW93xBb-fZexkEaGPLIFsZiTp7Vdzet9K3e6pXYr7o4GYNXw_eZVaLFydc0h1v2hBcwMRsreRu3cldJGIyyQ&__tn__=-%5dK-R>(13462),
> John Fedak<
> https://www.facebook.com/john.fedak1?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUrVMO-NvdLKoJy73yDQv3-k69J0FKzmW0UhpqRZTuq0EcjayJau3MiRDrBqTh5i2XSof1rbMlgGEev9dccs0XsC9cW93xBb-fZexkEaGPLIFsZiTp7Vdzet9K3e6pXYr7o4GYNXw_eZVaLFydc0h1v2hBcwMRsreRu3cldJGIyyQ&__tn__=-%5dK-R>(10289) > and Steve Santner(8375). Steve has left the state and I have 8314 so I may
> move into 3rd before long. BTW, you can still add your birds online at
> PABirds.org
>
> I have had many companions on this hunt and thankful, in particular, to
> Greg and faithful companion Roana. Besides searching for birds, I have
> enjoyed PA’s incredible scenery and history. Of course, eBird has made it
> easier as I look back to the time when the listserv played a greater role.
> And I even think back to the days when we lived near Philly in 1980-1984
> and called the hotline in Philly and listened to Armas Hill announce birds
> in the area. And then there was the phone call line with 5 branches across
> the state: 3 east branch lines, the central that we were in when we moved
> to Huntingdon county under Peter Robinson and then the west branch. Yes I
> found the phone list a few years ago and scanned it.
>
> What’s next? Maybe finish all PA state Parks. I need 16 more to finish all
> 124. They are beautiful and have been instrumental in finding birds.
>
