Date: 3/5/25 1:56 pm
From: Carena <warblette...>
Subject: [nysbirds-l] DEADLINE EXTENDED to March 15! -- NYSOA County & State Listing
Hello Birding Friends!

Once again I am up to my ears in other must-do's, so I will not have
time to work on the compilation just yet. Therefore, if you haven't
sent in your numbers and you'd like to be included, there's still
time!
And by the way, if you have already submitted your data and would like
to add or change anything, you can re-submit your report.

Here's to Spring!
Carena / NYSOA
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NYSOA County & State Listing -- It’s time to get your 2024 lists in!
The link to the online form is
https://nybirds.org/CountyLists/web2024/CountyReportingForm2024.html

In case it is not possible for you to enter your data online, there is
also a link at the top of that page for the printable form you can
mail in.

Remember, no reports submitted in previous years are automatically
carried into the next. If you want to be listed in the 2024
compilation, you must submit your numbers, even if they haven’t
changed since the last report you sent in.

For more details, see below.

With big thanks to all who have already sent their data in, and
fingers crossed that the inflow will continue over the next couple of
weeks!
Carena / NYSOA

The link to the online form is
https://nybirds.org/CountyLists/web2024/CountyReportingForm2024.html.

In case it is not possible for you to enter your data online, there is
also a link at the top of that page for the printable form you can
send me via snail mail.
If you choose this option, PLEASE MAIL PAPER BY WEDNESDAY, 3/12.

As always, keep in mind that species not yet on NYSOA’s official NYS
Checklist of the Birds of New York State should not be included in
your counts.

Quick reminder -- no reports submitted in previous years are
automatically carried into the next. If you want to be listed in the
2024 compilation, you must submit your numbers, even if they haven’t
changed since the last report you sent in.

Background and details are below my signature.

Please also renew your NYSOA membership if you have not yet done
so....thank you!

Carena Pooth / NYSOA

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BACKGROUND & DETAILS

NYSOA’s County and State Listing Project is a fun, friendly
competition. Started in 1992, it continues to attract new participants
every year. Some of our first county listers have not missed a single
year since the beginning (watch out, you might get hooked!). Here’s
how it works:

After the close of each calendar year, participants send in as many of
the following as they wish to share: their LIFE list totals for all
of NYS, the 10 Kingbird regions, the 62 counties, and the PELAGIC ZONE
(PZ).

In addition, we have one YEAR LIST category – for the entire state -
and a SELF-FOUND list category (the number of species you found in
2024 without being alerted to them by others or by eBird alerts -- or
by any other bird alert systems.

You can send in just one number or as many as 76, or anywhere in
between – it’s your choice depending on where you’ve birded and what
records you’ve kept. A compilation is produced annually and published
in NYSOA’s newsletter and also on the NYSOA website at
https://nybirds.org/ProjCountyLists.html. Forms, a map of the ten
Kingbird regions, and details on the Pelagic Zone are available on
that web page also.

Join in on the fun and see where you stand – statewide, region by
region, county by county – in comparison with other birders all over
New York State (and even outside the state). To see what the annual
compilation looks like, check out the archive at
https://nybirds.org/ProjCountyLists.html.

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(copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".")

NYSbirds-L List Info:
NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm
NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm
NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm

ARCHIVES:
1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html
2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/

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