Fwd: Maryland Yellowthroat January/February Issue
Warblerick@aol.com
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 08:01:22 -0500 (EST)
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Subj: Fwd: Maryland Yellowthroat January/February Issue
Date: 97-11-17 19:36:08 EST
From: Warblerick
To: mdosprey.ari.net
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Subj: Re: Maryland Yellowthroat January/February Issue
Date: 97-11-16 08:33:55 EST
From: Warblerick
To: fletcherw@classic.msn.com
Martha,
Thanks in advance for the checklist. Yes, I am a member of MOS,
Montgomery county chapter, as well as Audubon Naturalist Society and American
Birding Association. However I do not get to travel much ( a trip across
county for me is exciting!) and I find reading the many varied checklists I
receive akin to a bird trip (in my mind) to a far off place.
At last count, I was under 400 lists. I have lots from around here,
especially VA, MD, NJ, FL; I also have many from TX but I'm sure there must
be many many parks out there that have some sort of checklist that I do not
have. I save duplicates (up to a point) for future "trades" assuming that
eventually I will find others that also save these lists. I seem to recall
that I do have at least one that's printed in both English and Spanish, and
maybe one in English/French from somewhere, but I can't remember offhand. I
have only been collecting for a few years.
Before she moved to India, Erika Wilson was cleaning out her house,
and she brought me a small shopping bag full of checklists, many that she had
used! Norm Saunders also gave me a lions-share of my collection, as did Mark
Garland. I have also received them on occassion, in the mail, from Bill
Murphy out in West Virginia. I have a friend, Matt O'Donnell, from N.VA who
travels widely with his family, and is an avid birder, and he has sent me
many really nice ones from out west.
I can't really recall just how I started. I guess because I don't
travel much, I save every checklist from wherever we've been, and asked
friends to save me theirs too. After I amassed too many to fit in shoeboxes,
I got a couple of plastic bins from my kids for Christmas in which to house
my collection.
I can't think of any places we've visited because of the lists.
Some odd notes: Texas seems to have the best lists, certainly the most
comprehensive. Some of theirs are quite fantastic (bar graphs showing
abundance on a weekly basis on certain lists!). One of my favorites is a list
from Wekiva Springs State Park in central Florida, very close to where my
parents live. It shows all of the animals, both invertabrate and vertabrate
found in the park and listed separately (insects, amphibians, reptiles,
birds, mammals, etc.) Quite a feat.
A few notes on my collection: I only collect field checklists, not
photocopies (thanks Dex for the lists. I should've told you that I collect
only originals). I don't care if they've been used or not. In fact used
lists are sometimes more interesting since they show me what the birder
actually saw on their trip, but any lists that are not copies will do. It's
the variety among lists, the "uniqueness" of each that makes them interesting
to me.
So, all you traveling birders out there: send me your poor, your tired,
your hungry checklists yearning to be collected...
All lists will be gratefully accepted, provided they are originals and
sent to me at :
Rick Sussman
17917 Ashton Club Way
Ashton, MD 20861
P.S. Martha; I would eventually love to write up something for the
Yellowthroat, but not too soon. I am in the middle of CBC season, and am a
compiler for the Triadelphia count, followed by mid-winter count season. But
if you let me know what kind of info you're after, I will try and sit down
after the CBC's and put together something for you. If you'd like to post a
note in the Yellowthroat regarding my "collection" in the meantime, you are
certainly welcome to do so. Just be sure to mention my address so that any
checklists will find there way to me, heh,heh. p:-)
Thanks for the interest.
Best regards, Rick