It’s time to get your 2023 lists in! The deadline is March 15. Please get your report in before that date.
The link to the online form is https://nybirds.org/CountyLists/web2023/CountyReportingForm2023.html In case it is not possible for you to enter your data online, there is also a link at the top of that page for the printable form you can mail in. *AS ALWAYS,* keep in mind that species not yet on NYSOA’s official NYS Checklist of the Birds of New York State for the year being reported should not be included in your counts. ** NEW FOR 2023 * EXOTICS (“PROVISIONAL” or “ESCAPEE” SPECIES IN eBird):* Please remove species now categorized by eBird as “exotics” from your list counts for 2023. *Count only “native,” “naturalized,” and “provisional” *species as now defined in eBird. Quick reminder -- no reports submitted in previous years are automatically carried into the next. If you want to be listed in the 2023 compilation, you must submit your numbers, even if they haven’t changed since the last report you sent in. Background and details await your perusal below my signature. Awaiting your list with bated breath…unless you've already sent it in, in which case I thank you sincerely! Carena Pooth / NYSOA ------------------------------------------- *BACKGROUND & DETAILS* NYSOA’s County and State Listing Project is a *fun, friendly competition. *Started in 1992, it continues to attract new participants every year. Some of our first county listers have not missed a single year since the beginning (watch out, you might get hooked!). Here’s how it works: After the close of each calendar year, participants send in as many of the following as they wish to share: their *LIFE list *totals for *all of NYS*, the 10 *Kingbird regions*, the 62 *counties*, and the *PELAGIC ZONE (PZ)*. In addition, we have one* YEAR LIST *category – for the entire state - and a *SELF-FOUND* list category (the number of species you found in 2023 without being alerted to them by others or by eBird alerts -- or by any other bird alert systems. You can send in just one number or as many as 76, or anywhere in between – it’s your choice depending on where you’ve birded and what records you’ve kept. A compilation is produced annually and published in NYSOA’s newsletter and also on the NYSOA website at https://nybirds.org/ProjCountyLists.html. *Forms, a map of the ten Kingbird regions, and details on the Pelagic Zone are available on that web page also.* Join in on the fun and see where you stand – statewide, region by region, county by county – in comparison with other birders all over New York State (and even outside the state). To see what the annual compilation looks like, check out the archive at https://nybirds.org/ProjCountyLists.html. -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
