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Date: 11/5/24 1:16 pm
From: Debra Rittelmann <dlrittelmann...>
Subject: Re: 100 Birds per county |
What a fun goal, Deb! Congratulations!
I just finished reading "The Big Year". I'm ready to expand my Centre
County birds list!
Deb Rittelmann
On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 2:55 PM 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://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdeuane.hoffman%3F__cft__%255b0%255d%3DAZUrVMO-NvdLKoJy73yDQv3-k69J0FKzmW0UhpqRZTuq0EcjayJau3MiRDrBqTh5i2XSof1rbMlgGEev9dccs0XsC9cW93xBb-fZexkEaGPLIFsZiTp7Vdzet9K3e6pXYr7o4GYNXw_eZVaLFydc0h1v2hBcwMRsreRu3cldJGIyyQ%26__tn__%3D-%255dK-R&data=05%7C02%<7CSCBIRDCL...>%7Cada36522f2b544b8547a08dcfddf0cf1%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C638664381652251933%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=J2ahv%2BeGBrzvEzjT0HrF5gJQ1ao5TX78TbY99ks8U4E%3D&reserved=0>(13462),
> John Fedak
> <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjohn.fedak1%3F__cft__%255b0%255d%3DAZUrVMO-NvdLKoJy73yDQv3-k69J0FKzmW0UhpqRZTuq0EcjayJau3MiRDrBqTh5i2XSof1rbMlgGEev9dccs0XsC9cW93xBb-fZexkEaGPLIFsZiTp7Vdzet9K3e6pXYr7o4GYNXw_eZVaLFydc0h1v2hBcwMRsreRu3cldJGIyyQ%26__tn__%3D-%255dK-R&data=05%7C02%<7CSCBIRDCL...>%7Cada36522f2b544b8547a08dcfddf0cf1%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C638664381652251933%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XKaQd3203F%2FzQw7ETCwkFVm5u7f7htH8myrKvhtjsLo%3D&reserved=0>
> (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.
>
>
>
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