tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954081165153280225.post3902217172341641466..comments2024-03-20T04:12:43.360-06:00Comments on Utah Birders | Birding Blog, Utah Birds, Utah Birding, Utah Bird ID: 2015 Utah Birders Challenge!Utah Birdershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14469804211127586442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954081165153280225.post-74872483649069113402016-01-01T00:27:46.323-07:002016-01-01T00:27:46.323-07:00I did it!!!! a ebird checklist every day in 2015, ...I did it!!!! a ebird checklist every day in 2015, I visited all 29 counties and did 11 ebird lists for each county! I added 49 hotspot links submissions. It was a tough! Hard challenge but it was so much fun! I managed 254 Utah birds this year and kept my rank in the top 20 ebirders in Utah, that was fun! Thanks again for the challenge. Suzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17703377019384132465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954081165153280225.post-40886415087057006702015-12-22T16:07:02.735-07:002015-12-22T16:07:02.735-07:00I am getting close to that 1000 points. I only lac...I am getting close to that 1000 points. I only lack a few lists from Grand, San Juan and Emery county that I will hopefully get after Christmas. I have only 4 more ebird hotspot links as well. I do have to say it has been a tough challenge, but I love visiting all of the diverse counties in Utah. It is a wonderful place for birding, even if some days you can only manage to get a yard list!Suzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17703377019384132465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954081165153280225.post-64178202344910652362015-01-06T17:07:36.245-07:002015-01-06T17:07:36.245-07:00Sounds like a tough challenge. I don't think ...Sounds like a tough challenge. I don't think I could ever win as I'm still pretty new to this game but I will probably sign up anyway. I need to motivation to use Ebird. I tried to use it more last year and had intentions of re-seeing all my Utah lifers so that I could have them recorded in Ebird and then utilize the alerts for new birds I haven't seen yet. (I'm resisting loading my historical stuff as it seemed like a pain) <br /><br />However, I fizzled out pretty fast. Partially because it is fairly boring to continually enter the same birds for each observation. Did I really care enough to log that I saw another Mallard or Robin? Making a game out of it could make it a little less painful. We'll see :)<br /><br />The other resistance point I have is that it generally takes me a few days to figure out what I'm seeing if it is a new bird to me and by the time I figure it out, I've forgotten the details of everything else. To rectify that, I'm going to try using a paper notebook to keep notes and then update Ebird off of that once I'm square on what I've seen.<br /><br />Anyway, I feel like I'm outing myself to the internet now of being a bird nerd but there are worse things :)<br /><br />Thanks for the great info and community vibe you provide.<br /><br />Brent Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06656920403454660625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954081165153280225.post-40880919232013890382015-01-06T09:23:29.459-07:002015-01-06T09:23:29.459-07:00I'm going to work on a Utah County "biggi...I'm going to work on a Utah County "biggish" year. What this means is I jsut want to break my previous best for this non-home county where luckily I work on a daily basis. As far as I can tell my best here was 159 in 2013 and 2011. I think this is certainly beatable given the kind of county big years that happen in Utah county where 240 and 250 are generally the goal. If I beat 159, and maybe even top 200 with my usual day to day birding I will be ecstatic!Tim Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17632013488170310609noreply@blogger.com