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--=====================_38187046==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hi All; Winter approaches, and along with the typical messy weather it is time for the winter birding season. As ever I'll be keeping tracking of the cumulative provincial bird list for the winter season (December - February), but this time around Don MacNeill and I are proposing a new activity: The Nova Scotia Winter Birding Century Run It's easy to play. Just form a team of two or more participants, and starting December 1st go birding together anywhere you desire within the province of Nova Scotia. Each team member will pledge $10 that will go into a pot, and the first team that reaches 100 species on their team winter list will win the pot, and donate it to a registered charity of their choice. All members of each team must see or hear each species as a team at the same time -- no solo birding. Rare species, ie, those not seen every winter, should be documented. If a particular rare bird is seen by lots of people, that likely will suffice. The list of species, common and rare, seen in winter in Nova Scotia is on the Winter Birding web site: http://tinyurl.com/nswinter If enough teams form we can distribute the pledged money to award first, second,and third places, but if there are only a few teams we'll have just a grand prize. If you don't wish to be on a team, but still wish to keep track of your personal sightings, we encourage you to keep us apprised of your achievements. We keep track of all personal totals on the NS Winter Birding List page: http://tinyurl.com/nswinterlist County lists, province lists, all are welcome. The only requirement is to have fun. So if you wish to form a team and play along, let me know. If you'd like to form a team, but think that paying $10 each towards a charity is not appropriate, form a team anyway. We'll keep track of how you do, but you won't be eligible for the prize. Please let me know if you have any questions. All the best, and good winter birding, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca 902-852-2077 Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --=====================_38187046==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> Hi All;<br><br> Winter approaches, and along with the typical messy weather it is time for the winter birding season. As ever I'll be keeping tracking of the cumulative provincial bird list for the winter season (December - February), but this time around Don MacNeill and I are proposing a new activity:<br><br> <u>The Nova Scotia Winter Birding Century Run<br><br> </u>It's easy to play. Just form a team of two or more participants, and starting December 1st go birding together anywhere you desire within the province of Nova Scotia. Each team member will pledge $10 that will go into a pot, and the first team that reaches 100 species on their team winter list will win the pot, and donate it to a registered charity of their choice. <br><br> All members of each team must see or hear each species as a team at the same time -- no solo birding.<br><br> Rare species, ie, those not seen every winter, should be documented. If a particular rare bird is seen by lots of people, that likely will suffice. The list of species, common and rare, seen in winter in Nova Scotia is on the Winter Birding web site:<br><br> <b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/nswinter" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/nswinter<br><br> </a></b>If enough teams form we can distribute the pledged money to award first, second,and third places, but if there are only a few teams we'll have just a grand prize.<br><br> If you don't wish to be on a team, but still wish to keep track of your personal sightings, we encourage you to keep us apprised of your achievements. We keep track of all personal totals on the NS Winter Birding List page:<br><br> <b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/nswinterlist" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/nswinterlist<br><br> </a></b>County lists, province lists, all are welcome. The only requirement is to have fun.<br><br> So if you wish to form a team and play along, let me know. If you'd like to form a team, but think that paying $10 each towards a charity is not appropriate, form a team anyway. We'll keep track of how you do, but you won't be eligible for the prize.<br><br> Please let me know if you have any questions.<br><br> All the best, and good winter birding,<br><br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> 902-852-2077<br><br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br><br> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <a href="http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm" eudora="autourl"> http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm<br><br> </a>White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada</body> </html> --=====================_38187046==.ALT--
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