Date: 10/26/26 2:41 pm From: lori charron <lpcharron...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] November County Challenge!
Hi Pam! Ready and excited for the November challenge! Happy Birding! Lori
On Mon, Oct 26, 2026, 8:19 AM Pam Hunt <biodiva63...> wrote:
> Greetings all, > > Guess what?! It's almost November, which means it's time for NH birders to > reinvigorate themselves in this "dead zone" between peak migration and the > CBCs. For the last nine years, we have fanned out across the state's ten > counties in a friendly competition to see which county comes out on top. > For newbies, the scoring here is complicated and possibly flawed, but we > try to use some sort of percentage system so not give bird-rich counties an > overwhelming advantage. The result has traditionally been the opposite: > counties with > lower historic species totals tend you win. Dan Mullarky has offered to > help try to find a middle ground for 2026, so stay tuned. > > But no matter how it's scored, the rules remain unchanged. > 1) Go birding in a county of counties of your choice (some of us have > fierce loyalties in November these days!) - starting on November 1 > 2) Report your birds on eBird. Birds not in eBird are not registered and > thus don't count towards county totals. > 3) periodically we'll be looking at county-level totals and providing > status updates as the month progresses. > 4) Provide idle banter and/or team encouragement as the contest heats up. > 5) Have fun > > The gates open next Sunday at 12:01 am. Will you be ready? > > Pam Hunt > Concord, NH > > -- > To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: > https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NHBirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nhbirds+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nhbirds/<CAPZ2PUt839hTDiSZz5mDU0-15We-we-juuPNP6b70kgaYjFQyg...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nhbirds/<CAPZ2PUt839hTDiSZz5mDU0-15We-we-juuPNP6b70kgaYjFQyg...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . >
