Scott and other crazed birders,

     I will probably try for a Big County Year for Perry County (Southeast
of Columbus), along with my neighbor and fellow insane birder, Vicki Derr.
  We have each recently tallied our 200th life county bird (I'm now at 204)
but don't really know what to shoot for, maybe just 100, maybe 150).
 Birders get very big eyes this time of the year, so don't get carried
away.  Remember all those resolutions that get broken by Groundhog Day.
 Don't get too compulsive.  It's more important to just have fun.  Says he
who will bird all day tomorrow.  But he will have fun all the time.

     By the way, I know that my first bird of the year will be a Carolina
Wren.  There is a pair roosting in a Phoebe nest right outside my door.
 Sometime after midnight, I'll just look out the door and see a little ball
of feathers sticking up above the rim of the nest. They sublet this nest
every winter.

joe in the woods
Somerset, Ohio
Perry County

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Scott Hannan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> So, as the clock comes close to midnight, I'm ready to start owling to kick
>  off the year.  Su's shrike evaded us, but would be awesome to make that a
> year bird and life bird for me tomorrow!!  Also checked for Short-ears
> while we were at Funk, nothing I could see until the light was gone.
>
> I'm wondering if any other listserv subscribers are going to be taking  the
> County Big Year Throw-down Challenge.
>
> I am hoping for 150-175 for Wayne County -- curious who all is thinking of
> doing the same in their home county.  Would be nice to have an official
> county list to compare our total to.  Looks like Ohio is at 425, pretty
>  sure
> not likely to get 50% of those, but that would be incredible.
>
> Our back yard total for the year was 64, although i'm almost completely
> sure i heard golden-crowns this afternoon, no visual confirmation.
>
>
> Cheers, and to any other county listers:  BRING IT!!!
> :: GRIN ::
>
> Scott Hannan
>
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