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Index of Subjects --_bec149d6-7730-4e24-b0bf-64f94e703063_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all: =20 For those of you who have attempted data entry you are likely disappointed = with Audubon's new data entry system. It is far more time consuming then t= he old system and there are many faults. I will not delve into most of the= m. I understand that there are still some kinks to work out=2C but they ha= ve taken a step backwards by a large margin. I also noted that in the nine= years of the White Point Count that it states that this year 112=2C for so= me species was the max count when it actually was not according to the max = number of such species seen before. So this is registering incorrectly. Ba= ld Eagle needed to be added in. I'm assuming that since it is an American = site that this is the reason as this species would not likely occur in a lo= t of counts there. I could be way off base on this though. With these cou= nts the strength of the wind always used to be factored in with the data. = I did not see an option for this. Anyhow=2C enough griping and on to the a= ctual results this year. =20 We did the count on Dec. 15. We had three teams in the field with a total = of 4 field participants and one feeder watcher. =20 =20 The results were 47 species of which nice finds were a red-throated loon=2C= 12 green-winged teal=2C a pine warbler=2C a red-bellied woodpecker=2C and = three great shearwaters. We only came up with one yellow-rumped warbler=2C= but it was very windy and at Summerville Beach a week before there had bee= n a whole flock of those birds there. New species for the count were hoode= d merganser=2C pine warbler and great shearwater. About a dozen of the no= rmal species usually found were not located during the count=2C the most no= teable of which were red-breasted nuthatch=2C boreal chickadee=2C common go= ldeneye=2C common merganser=2C belted kingfisher=2C brown creeper=2C Bohemi= an waxwing=2C cedar waxwing=2C American tree sparrow=2C common grackle=2C h= ouse sparrow=2C and evening grosbeak. =20 =20 James R. Hirtle Bridgewater = --_bec149d6-7730-4e24-b0bf-64f94e703063_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Tahoma } --></style></head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'> Hi all:<BR>  =3B<BR> For those of you who have attempted data entry you are likely disappointed = with Audubon's new data entry system. =3B It is far more time consuming= then the old system and there are many faults. =3B I will not delve in= to most of them. =3B I understand that there are still =3Bsome kink= s to work out=2C but they have taken a step backwards by a large margin.&nb= sp=3B I also noted that in the nine years of the White Point Count that it = states that this year 112=2C for some species was the max count when it act= ually was not according to the max number of such species seen before. = =3BSo this is registering incorrectly. =3B =3BBald Eagle needed to = be added in. =3B I'm assuming that since it is an American site that th= is is the reason as this species would not likely occur in a lot of counts = there. =3B I could be way off base on this though. =3B With these c= ounts the strength of the wind always used to be factored in with the data.=  =3B I did not see an option for this. =3B Anyhow=2C enough griping= and on to the actual results this year.<BR>  =3B<BR> We =3Bdid the count on Dec. 15. =3B We had three teams in the field= with a total of 4 field participants and one feeder watcher. =3B <BR>  =3B<BR> The results were 47 species of which nice finds were a red-throated loon=2C= 12 green-winged teal=2C a pine warbler=2C a red-bellied woodpecker=2C and = three great shearwaters. =3B We only came up with one yellow-rumped war= bler=2C but it was very windy and at Summerville Beach a week =3Bbefore= there had been a whole flock of those birds there. =3B New species for= the count were hooded merganser=2C pine warbler and great shearwater. = =3B =3B =3BAbout a dozen of the normal species usually found were n= ot located during the count=2C the most noteable of which were red-breasted= nuthatch=2C boreal chickadee=2C common goldeneye=2C common merganser=2C be= lted kingfisher=2C brown creeper=2C Bohemian waxwing=2C cedar waxwing=2C Am= erican tree sparrow=2C common grackle=2C house sparrow=2C =3B and eveni= ng grosbeak. =3B <BR>  =3B<BR> James R. Hirtle<BR> Bridgewater<BR> </div></body> </html>= --_bec149d6-7730-4e24-b0bf-64f94e703063_--
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