County checklists

[drbeel]

Birders 

In the past two weeks, four determined Iowans have added several species to the Davis County checklist as catalogued on the IOU website.  That leaves only 5 Iowa counties below 200 total species (or the Mendoza Line, in baseball parlance).

These rapscallions are:

Adair

Shelby

Clarke

Cass

Monroe

Spring migration is upon us, making this an ideal time for all those birders in Orient, Irwin, Murray, Griswold and Lovilia to canvas their home turf and elevate their county lists into the realm of respectability.

Sincerely, 

Bill Scheible 

Cedar Rapids 

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

[Danny Akers]

Having worked in or near three of these counties in the past couple years, I plugged a few holes in the county checklist platform for giggles. 

I was pleasantly surprised to move all three above the 200 threshold; Adair from 182 to 201, Shelby from 193 to 206 and Cass from 199 to 206. 

Clarke and Monroe are on their own. 

Danny Akers

Ames

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[jaco...@aol.com]

I updated Clarke (now 210) and Monroe (now 200) counties.  I hope these reach Bill's level of respectability now.

Good birding...

Jay Gilliam

Norwalk

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From: Danny Akers <birdman...@hotmail.com>
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Subject: [ia-bird] Re: County checklists

Having worked in or near three of these counties in the past couple years, I plugged a few holes in the county checklist platform for giggles. 

I was pleasantly surprised to move all three above the 200 threshold; Adair from 182 to 201, Shelby from 193 to 206 and Cass from 199 to 206. 

Clarke and Monroe are on their own. 

Danny Akers

Ames

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[drbeel]

Kudos to D. Akers and J. Gilliam for updating the species totals for the five lagging counties.  Every Iowa county can now claim at least 200 species on it's list.

Our state has roughly 315 regularly occurring species (nesters and migrants), so 200 certainly seems to be a reasonable minimum standard.

Good birding everyone.  Tomorrow the calendar turns to Iowa's premier birding month.