Date: 11/7/24 6:32 am From: Grant Stevenson <stevensongrant03...> Subject: Re: 100 Birds per county
I haven't yet, though, here, (congratulated Deb) but Messengered her
privately, yet am remiss until here:
All of these are fantastic, worthy goals of course and it's so important I
see now to have such goals. It never dawned on me for some odd reason
except for the proverbial LIFE LIST.
I did boast as well about it to my friend Tanya who, after a birding trip
in 🇮🇳 India, is now in Sri Lanka doing the same, and now thinking of a
Cambodian reserve in the north of 200 plus usual species, dropping my
jealous jaw at how these ppl with tremors resources are able to acquire
such feats, yet there's SO MUCH RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD HERE IN PA. (If
you want to go to extremes, 5200+ species international birder Bernard
Master has tolerated me occasionally on Messenger, relating the annoyance,
and I say pleasure, of being "forced" to slow down due to apparent now
unachievable species, poor thing).
There's always those with more resources, Deb, to spoil your fun if you let
them, but I know you don't. It's those like you who do what they are able
to and enjoy it that's one of the chief keys to a full, satisfying life for
us.
Statewide, your success and great effort is nothing short of astounding.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! WEE!!!!!!
NOW TO TRY ALL ICE CREAM PLACES WITHIN FIFTY SQUARE MILES OR EVEN MORE for
you, and enjoy. You deserve it. You and your friends should be proud. New
Years resolutions will be here before we know it.
Yours truly as always,
Grant
Grant Stevenson
Bethlehem, Lehigh
On Thu, Nov 7, 2024, 8:10 AM jerry Kruth <
<00000005ead0dac6-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> I add my congrats, Deb.
>
> A lot of work, and I hope, a lot of fun.
>
> And Mike is right -- lots of beautiful and interesting things to see in
> our state.
>
> Jerry Kruth
> Pgh
>
>
> On Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 04:34:53 PM EST, Michael Fialkovich <
> <0000012b4af48ab0-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> Congratulations Deb! This is quite a goal. You joined the ranks of the
> few who met this challenge.
>
> I'm sure many of us were with you at times while you were adding to your
> lists, whether we knew it or not (like at PSO Meetings).
>
> One thing you mentioned that I always keep in mind when traveling around
> the state to find birds is you see a lot of beautiful and interesting
> places along the way.
>
> I hope the ice cream was good!
>
> Mike Fialkovich
> Allegheny County
>
>
> On Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 03:34:52 PM EST, 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.
>
>
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