Date: 7/10/26 6:30 am From: Kevin Colley via groups.io <Kcolley71...> Subject: Re: [labird] Keepin' a List . . .
Hi Mac,
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Kevin
> On Jul 9, 2026, at 8:17 PM, Mac Myers via groups.io <budogmacm...> wrote:
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> David, thanks for a very interesting and fun post. Note also the following
> pelagic post by Steve Cardiff.
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>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM David P. Muth via groups.io <muthdp=
>> <gmail.com...> wrote:
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>> Here is the summary of the 1991 yard list challenge in the LOS News.
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>> http://losbird.org/documents/newsletters/los_news_146_92apr.htm >>
>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM Bill Fontenot via groups.io
>> <williamrodneyfontenot...> wrote:
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>>> Nan, I well remember the year long yard list challenge! Wasn’t it our old
>>> friend John Sevenair who initiated that?
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>>> Living in the woods along Bayou Vermilion at the time I figured I’d do
>>> well — even vs Remsen, Cardiff, and Dittmann who were living in the woods
>>> around Bayou Paul (Iberville parish). I worked my ass off to get to 100
>> sp.
>>> That was my goal. I made it to 101. Felt smug — till I saw
>> Cardiff/Dittmann
>>> post something like 199.
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>>> Them was fun times!
>>>
>>> Bill Fontenot
>>> 500 Saint Catherine St.
>>> Lafayette, LA 70506
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>>>> On Jul 9, 2026, at 12:01 PM, Nancy L Newfield via groups.io <nancy=
>>> <casacolibri.net...> wrote:
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>>>> LABIRDers,
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>>>> Who among us doesn't keep lists? Life list? Country list? State list
>> on
>>>> down to parish and yard? I've kept lists of birds that I've seen even
>>>> before my husband and I moved into our current residence in old
>> Metairie
>>> in
>>>> 1970 . . . and I've regretted not keeping a list earlier than that . .
>> .
>>>> OCD anyone?
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>>>> Well, over the years, listing has been everything from casual to manic,
>>>> mostly manic. I recall LOS once 'sponsoring' a yard list challenge.
>> No,
>>> I
>>>> think the year was 1990 or 1991. Anyone recall?
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>>>> Of course, the more one tallies, the less there is to tally though
>> we've
>>>> added more species to the Louisiana list. I was pleased to add a
>> flyover
>>>> Limpkin to my yard list while having morning coffee in 2025. What more
>>> can
>>>> one hope for???
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>>>> On 5 July, very unexpectedly, I looked out of the back window of my
>>> office
>>>> AND, THERE WAS AN ADULT PURPLE GALLINULE!!! Score.
>>>>
>>>> It didn't show the next day, so I thought it was indeed a fluke, but
>> I've
>>>> gotten brief views every day since.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe LOS should have another yard list challenge for 2027?
>>>>
>>>> NLN
>>>> --
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>>>> Nancy L Newfield
>>>> Casa Colibrí
>>>> Metairie, Louisiana USA
>>>> <nancy...>
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> David P. Muth
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