If you were doing multiple Christmas Bird Counts, in previous years, you were exempt from the $5 fee after the first four counts you contributed too. This means there was a maximum $20 fee. This year, it appeared the exemption was available through pre-registering on-line for the counts with no other mention of another way to access this exemption. Pre-registration did not work as at least one and probably all six of the Minnesota counts I will participate in are not available for pre-registration. So, I will ask the compiler to just note that I have already contributed for the last two counts, just as I have done in previous years.
Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected]
