So Mark
What is you year total?
These guys that sneak around and wait until the last few months to announce 
their intentions.
What is your wishlist?
Good luck.
George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark L Hoffman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Wishlist for Big Photo Year


>I too am doing a photo big year.  It the number of species I have 
>photographed in MD this year and George has not.  Right now it has 7 
>species on it.
>
> Leach's Storm-Petrel
> Common Eider
> White-rumped Sandpiper
> American Woodcock
> Gull-billed Tern
> Black-billed Cuckoo
> Snow Bunting
>
> I have been getting mediocre help from a very small number of birders 
> (Stasz, Hafner, Brighton, and other malcontents) and certainly will NOT be 
> acknowledging them at the end of the year.
>
> No additional assistance is requested or needed.
>
> Good birding (and photographing)!!
>
> Mark Hoffman
>
>
>
>
>
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "George M. Jett" <>
>
>> Folks
>>
>> I am still doing my BIG Photo year. I am currently at 287 species 
>> photographed
>> during 2008. Below is my wishlist for the remaining year. My goal is to 
>> see if
>> 300 species can be photographed in a calendar year in Maryland. I might 
>> make
>> it. I am posting as time permits the images for 2008, some not so good, 
>> some
>> very nice, on my website: www.georgejett.net.
>>
>> Look at the wishlist and if you can help that will be appreciated. I have 
>> also
>> included some possible dates when to target species. If you find anything 
>> on
>> this list I would appreciate a listserve post or contact me at
>>  If the species is real rare like Western Kingbird and
>> generally a one-day wonder, call me on the cellphone at 301-752-9240. I 
>> have
>> identified call birds by "*". I will chase any Western Meadowlark or any 
>> other
>> quality bird like that as well.
>>
>> I have been getting an incredible amount of help from a number of birders 
>> and
>> will acknowledge all of them at the end of the year. This has turned into 
>> a
>> large group effort thanks to them, and the real reason I might make my 
>> goal - or
>> better.
>>
>> I am doing this as a fund raising effort for the American Bird 
>> Conservancy. If
>> you are interested in supporting this fund raising effort, contact me off 
>> line.
>> Donations can be similar to birdathon rules: a per species donation, or a 
>> lump
>> sum.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> George
>>
>> The wishlist:
>>
>> 2008 Photo Target List as of August 31
>>
>> Photo species as of this date is 287
>>
>> 1 Western Grebe*
>>
>> 2 Leach's Storm-Petrel August
>>
>> 3 Wood Stork *
>>
>> 4 Eurasian Wigeon* Nov/Dec
>>
>> 5 Common Eider* Nov/Dec
>>
>> 6 Northern Goshawk * Nov/Dec
>>
>> 7 Golden Eagle* Nov/Dec
>>
>> 8 Merlin October
>>
>> 9 Ring-necked Pheasant All year
>>
>> 10 Ruffed Grouse * All year
>>
>> 11 Sora September
>>
>> 12 White-rumped Sandpiper September
>>
>> 13 Baird's Sandpiper* September
>>
>> 14 Buff-breasted Sandpiper September August 31
>>
>> 15 Ruff * August/September
>>
>> 16 American Woodcock All year
>>
>> 17 Wilson's Phalarope* August/September
>>
>> 18 Red Phalarope* September
>>
>> 19 Pomarine Jaeger* Sept/Oct/Nov
>>
>> 20 Parasitic Jaeger* Sept/Oct/Nov
>>
>> 21 Long-tailed Jaeger August
>>
>> 22 South Polar Skua August
>>
>> 23 Black-headed Gull December August 30
>>
>> 24 Thayer's Gull* December
>>
>> 25 Glaucous Gull* December
>>
>> 26 Black-legged Kittiwake* Nov/Dec
>>
>> 27 Sabine's Gull*
>>
>> 28 Gull-billed Tern * August
>>
>> 29 Arctic Tern*
>>
>> 30 Roseate Tern*
>>
>> 31 Sooty Tern* September
>>
>> 32 Common Murre* Winter
>>
>> 33 Thick-billed Murre* Winter
>>
>> 34 Razorbill* December
>>
>> 35 Black-billed Cuckoo August
>>
>> 36 Snowy Owl*
>>
>> 37 Long-eared Owl* December
>>
>> 38 Chuck-wills-widow
>>
>> 39 Whip-poor-will
>>
>> 40 Hammond's Flycatcher*
>>
>> 41 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Aug/Sept
>>
>> 42 Ash-throated Flycatcher* Nov/Dec
>>
>> 43 Western Kingbird* Sept/Oct
>>
>> 44 Sedge Wren September - December
>>
>> 45 Gray-checked Thrush* Sept/Oct
>>
>> 46 Bicknell's Thrush* Sept/Oct
>>
>> 47 Swainson's Thrush Sept/Oct
>>
>> 48 Northern Shrike* December
>>
>> 49 Loggerhead Shrike* December
>>
>> 50 Philadelphia Vireo* September
>>
>> 51 Tennessee Warbler September
>>
>> 52 Nashville Warbler September
>>
>> 53 Cape May Warbler September
>>
>> 54 Connecticut Warbler* Sept/Oct
>>
>> 55 Clay-colored Sparrow* Sept/Oct
>>
>> 56 Lark Sparrow* September - Assateague
>>
>> 57 Le Conte's Sparrow* Nov/Dec
>>
>> 58 Snow Bunting* Nov/Dec
>>
>> 59 Brewer's Blackbird* Nov/Dec
>>
>> 60 Red Crossbill * Nov/Dec
>>
>> 61 Common Redpoll* Nov/Dec
>>
>> George M. Jett
>> 
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