Date: 11/6/24 5:03 am From: ba2g81 <000001d1445c6d72-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: 100 Birds per county
Congratulations, Deb! This is incredible. So inspiring! I am glad I was able to be with you as you picked up several at the PSO event in Greene County.We truly are fortunate to live in such a beautiful state! Enjoy your adventures in the 16 state parks...and there is always hiking on the North Country and Baker trails too.Bird on!BarbSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: "Grove, Deborah Shuey" <dsg4...> Date: 11/5/24 3:34 PM (GMT-05:00) To: <PABIRDS...> Subject: 100 Birds per county 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 areHuntingdon 270Centre 253Mifflin 187Blair 180Juniata 167Erie 161Fulton 161Clinton 153Bedford 153Cumberland 148Lowest areBeaver100Delaware100Lehigh100Bradford100Sullivan100Lackawanna100Total 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.orgI 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.
