Date: 1/25/25 8:28 am From: Matt Bartels via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] WA Birder county excel sheet and one page checklists updated for 2025
Hello all!
Michael Hobbs and I have updated the WA Birder Excel spreadsheet and the one page county checklists for the new year.
The Excel checklist combines all the county codes in a sheet that allows you to tally your county totals [and do a bunch of other fun things]. Both the ‘enhanced’ version and the plain version are available at the Washington Birder website at:
Worth noting: If you fill in your sightings, a feature that allows you to generate a one page pdf of any county list with all your species checked off automatically. This addition Michael created makes entering your ’ticks’ into the spreadsheet even more worthwhile.
The new checklist includes state firsts from recent years for Lesser Nighthawk, Great Knot, Marsh Sandpiper, Song Thrush, Siberian Pipit and Cassin's Sparrow. It also lumps together the Western Flycatcher and the Redpolls in light of recent taxonomic updates. Finally, we include many county firsts and updated codes for Jefferson and Kitsap counties
Background:
Every year since 2003 I've updated this checklist, adding new species and county firsts, and revising it to comply with the latest taxonomic updates produced by the AOU & ABA. In addition, the checkist can be sorted by the eBird (Clements) sort order.
If you are looking for a color-coded way to track your county lists and/or see how abundant any species is in a given county, give the list a try.
