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Contests & Special Counts
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2007 “Feathered
Frenzy" Results
Our 10th annual local winter count of birds was held on
the weekend of Feb 23-25. Five teams sped around the county searching
for as many kinds of birds as they could find in any 24-hr period.
They were very successful, sighting a total of 63 species (second
only to the 2002 event which found 64 kinds).
The team of John Haas and Lance Verderame took the top
prize with 51 species, including the only Bufflehead and Fox
Sparrow. Their prize, the coveted “Feathered Frenzy” trophy,
is in the mail. The winners had formed a second team with Arlene
Borko, and on Saturday found 49 species including the only Cooper’s
Hawk and Grackle of the weekend.
Renee Davis and Marge Gorton found the only Screech-owl,
Sharp-shin and Golden-crowned Kinglet, ending up with 46 species.
The Ruth team (Shursky and McKeon) sighted the only Cowbird and Purple
Finches of the weekend, and Freer, Jones, Baldinger, and Collier
(sounds like a law firm) added a Turkey Vulture and Ruffed Grouse
to the list. A Tundra Swan in a small patch of open water at the
Bashakill was seen by all. No winter finches were found. Our thanks
to Ruth Shursky for hosting the count-down on Sunday evening.
Valerie
Freer
Warblings,
Mid-March through Early May 2007
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