Date: 11/17/24 11:57 am From: Matt Bartels via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] WA County Year List Project updated through October [WA Birder]
Thanks compilers for all your work, and thanks everyone who has contributed.
This update, coming at the end of October and as Fall Migration has pretty much wrapped up, is a relatively stable point to check in - only a few late migrants and then winter birds left for the year lists.
Here’s how things look compared with recent years:
We’ve tallied 389 species statewide as of the end of October in 2024. That’s exactly the same total as we had at this point last year, two higher than in 2022, and 12 lower than our 2021 total [401] at this point.
For Western WA, our 362 total is 3 lower than last year, and 3 higher than 2022.
For Eastern WA, our 323 total is 1 lower than last year, and 2 lower than 2022.
Overall, we’re looking pretty similar to last year.
Looking at the percentage of each county’s total list seen, 30 counties have seen between 66% and 75% of their county’s total list - a pretty consistent result saying about 2/3 of the birds on any county’s have been found One outlier: Whitman County, which has seen 80% of its list total already this year.
29 counties have totals within 10 of their 2023 totals.
20 counties have higher totals than this time last year, while 18 have lower totals than at this point last year.
One county has exactly the same total as at this point last year [Yay, Stevens!].
89 species have been seen in all 39 counties, and 175 species have been found in 30 or more counties.
A handful of species new to the year might yet show up - most likely before thew new year might be: Emperor Goose, King Eider, Snowy Egret, W. Cattle Egret, White-tailed Kite, Hooded Oriole, Tennessee Warbler,… We’ve also got a couple potential additions waiting for the WBRC annual meeting reviews.
If you'd like to take a look at where things stand, the list and many other interesting files are at the Washington Birder website:
