Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 10:36:35 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Rick Sussman Subject: Re: tally rally possibilities MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 12/19/2003 8:47:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, paulydia@EROLS.COM writes: Does anyone know of something so sophisticated being done in Maryland (yet)? The day culminated at the evening tally, when co-compiler John Hintermister went down the checklist species by species, each team called out its results, and we watched as John Martin added the 2003 totals to a computerized graph, projected on the wall, that showed annual results for each species from 1957 to the present. Lydia Schindler Lydia, Geeesh! We have a hard time just getting folks to show up for our local tally, and we even offer them free eats! Weather always plays a part in tally attendance, and our tally this year was down because of the horrendous weather last Sunday. The tally mentioned above with John Hintermister must be one in Florida, as he is a local legend in the Gainseville area, where weather would not be as big a concern (I believe he works at the university). Also he must be a long-time compiler of the count as it takes a long time to whip a tally into shape and become so organized. As a past compiler, I can only be overwhelmed by his skills, knowing all the difficulties in the planning and actually pulling off a hassle-free CBC and tally. It also helps to have a predecessor who had things well under control before you, as I did when I got the Triadelphia Count from Norm Saunders... Rick (glad to not be compiling anymore) Sussman Ashton,MD warblerick@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================