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I'm confused by this, though maybe I'm mis-reading it. There is a lot of information in the post about the number of checklists increasing, but presumable what you really want to know is if the number of RBs is increasing or not, not the number of checklists (i.e. total number of RBs reported, divided by the number of checklists submitted, in each case).
Are the RBs increasing, on that basis, or what?
Steve
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of Kate Steele [katefsteele@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 1:24 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca; NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [NatureNS] Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz final results
Hi everyone,
I received the final tallies for the Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz from the International coordinator yesterday. There is lots of information included in an Excel spreadsheet, so if anyone would like a copy, just let me know and I will forward it along. Here are some points from Nova Scotia that I found interesting:
-- Nova Scotia submitted 39 checklists via the Blitz protocol (not the best in comparison to other provinces and states, but not the worst!)
-- During the Blitz period (March 1 - June 15) Nova Scotians submitted 23 checklists with at least one Rusty Blackbird reported - eight in March, one in April, 14 in May, and none in June.
-- Rusty Blackbird observation in Nova Scotia during the 2014 spring season was up 188% (!) compared to 2013 (8 in 2013 vs. 23 in 2014).
Here are a few points of interest I copied from the International coordinator's email that might be of interest to some:
During the official Blitz dates (1 March-15 June 2014), a total of 14,865 checklists that contained at least one Rusty Blackbird observation were reported to eBird. New York, Ontario, and Ohio had the greatest number of individual checklists with Rusties reported, with 1980, 2179, and 1183 checklists, respectively.
The majority of these checklists were reported as Traveling Counts (9849 checklists) or Stationary Counts (2183 checklists). Only 1586 of these observations were submitted under the Rusty Blackbird Blitz protocol. 3238 total checklists were submitted under the Rusty Blackbird Blitz protocol; just over half of these (1652) did not contain a report of a Rusty Blackbird sighting.
The greatest number of Rusty Blackbird Blitz checklists were submitted in Maryland (410 checklists), New York (377 checklists) and Virginia (315 checklists). In Canada, Ontario birders submitted the greatest number of Blitz checklists (132), with the second-highest number of Blitz checklists submitted in the Yukon (85).
The number of checklists with Rusty Blackbird observations increased 62% in 2014, compared with the same time period in 2013. Only 9170 checklists with Rusty observations were reported from March 1-June 15 in 2013, 5695 fewer than during the first year of the Blitz. Only three states/territories participating in the Blitz did not show an increase in the number of checklists reported containing Rusty Blackbird observations. The number of checklists containing Rusty Blackbird observations increased the most in Québec from 2013 to 2014; Québec birders submitted 857 checklists with Rusty Blackbirds in 2014, compared with the same period in 2013. New York and Ontario were second and third, with 644 and 477 more checklists, respectively.
So, it's good to see that Nova Scotians made an effort in the first year of the Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz, but it is a three year initiative and I am confident in our ability to do better next year, and even better in the following year! Thanks again to all of those who participated (whether you found Rusty Blackbirds or not!) or expressed an interest in the Blitz!
Kate Steele
NS Coordinator - Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz
katefsteele@gmail.com<mailto:katefsteele@gmail.com>
(902) 476-2883<tel:%28902%29%20476-2883>
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