A friend of mine was looking to beef up her birding skills, so I
suggested a fun challenge: a friendly competition to see as many
species as possible during January in Franklin County.  A few other
friends (who are new to birding) joined in, so I felt compelled to
provide a little guidance to get them familiar with the local species
they were likely to encounter in the coming weeks. Since this is
ultimately an effort to learn more about the local birds, I decided
generating a checklist using eBird data would be a quick and easy way
to provide them with that familiarity.

In case anyone else in the Columbus area would like to see the
checklist, I've posted it online at:

    http://tinyurl.com/JanuaryBirdsFranklinOH

To print it onto a single sheet of paper, download the original PDF
and print it as a "brochure" or "booklet."

Good birding,
Paul Hurtado

PS:  Thanks to Dave Slager, Bill Whan and others for their feedback on
an earlier version of the checklist.

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