Hello Cayugabirders! I just updated the leaderboards for this year's Sapsucker Woods Big Birding year, which runs from 10/01/10 to 9/30/11 (http://birds.cornell.edu/bigbirdingyear). So far, 44 species have been spotted by the highest non-Cornell Lab staff participant, and the checklists competition and hours competition are currently led by the same person.
You can check to see how you're doing at any time, and it's a perfect time to jump in to the competition if you've been holding back! Over the next month or so we can expect to start seeing some winter specialists start dropping out, so if you've missed out on redpolls, tree sparrows, red-shouldered & rough-legged hawks, and so on, now's the time to take a stroll in the woods and submit your checklists to eBird to join the competition! Nearly 350 checklists have been entered, with over 160 hours of birding reported, and there's still plenty of time to vie for the top spots and the prizes for winners come October. Thanks for sharing your observations, and good birding! charles. ****************************************** Charles Eldermire Public Education Outreach Associate Manager, Sapsucker Woods & Johnson Visitors' Center Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 254-1131 (607) 254-2111 [fax] birds.cornell.edu/visit twitter.com/sapsuckerwoods facebook.com/sapsuckerwoods -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
