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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_39397_4529416.1213709012635 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, Perhaps, to promote it, people could have a friendly competition like last year's Yard List one - who can see the most species in NS over 1 year (say Jan 1 - Dec 31) counting only birds seen as in Joan's e-mail below. Richard On 6/17/08, Joan Czapalay <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > BIGBY may have been discussed on naturens earlier and I missed it, but it > is a great concept to share. > BIGBY : Big Green Big Year is for birders who are trying to go carbon > neutral. You count birds only while walking, biking or working in your yard > this year. Taking public transit to a local spot is a special category. This > is hard on a lister like me, but I am working towards it. I can bird in my > Halifax neighbourhood ( Point Pleasant Park is a healthy walk) but I have to > drive to get to my summer place in Port Greville. Once there I can walk to > my favourite birding spots, and even cover a square for the atlas. > I was up before 5 am last Sunday and walked until after 8am. I was pleased > to find Spruce Grouse, Veery, Swainson's Thrush and Robin, Merlin, > Nighthawk, both Vireos, Alder Flycatchers, Song, White-throated and Vesper > Sparrows, Common Yellowthroat, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, > Chestnut-sided, Black and White, Redstart and Yellow warblers within six km > of home. Green birding is a good idea that seems to be catching on world > wide. > Cheers, Joan > http://www.sparroworks.ca/bigby.html > -- ################# Dr.Richard Stern, 70 Exhibition St. Kentville, NS, Canada B4N 4K9 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_39397_4529416.1213709012635 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Hi,</div> <div> </div> <div>Perhaps, to promote it, people could have a friendly competition like last year's Yard List one - who can see the most species in NS over 1 year (say Jan 1 - Dec 31) counting only birds seen as in Joan's e-mail below.</div> <div> </div> <div>Richard<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/17/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joan Czapalay</b> <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">BIGBY may have been discussed on naturens earlier and I missed it, but it is a great concept to share.<br> BIGBY : Big Green Big Year is for birders who are trying to go carbon neutral. You count birds only while walking, biking or working in your yard this year. Taking public transit to a local spot is a special category. This is hard on a lister like me, but I am working towards it. I can bird in my Halifax neighbourhood ( Point Pleasant Park is a healthy walk) but I have to drive to get to my summer place in Port Greville. Once there I can walk to my favourite birding spots, and even cover a square for the atlas.<br> I was up before 5 am last Sunday and walked until after 8am. I was pleased to find Spruce Grouse, Veery, Swainson's Thrush and Robin, Merlin, Nighthawk, both Vireos, Alder Flycatchers, Song, White-throated and Vesper Sparrows, Common Yellowthroat, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Chestnut-sided, Black and White, Redstart and Yellow warblers within six km of home. Green birding is a good idea that seems to be catching on world wide.<br> Cheers, Joan<br>http://www.sparroworks.ca/bigby.html<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br> -- <br>#################<br>Dr.Richard Stern, <br>70 Exhibition St.<br>Kentville, NS, Canada<br>B4N 4K9<br><br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br><br>rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca<br> rbstern@xcountry.tv
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