Have you
been keeping track of your Wyoming birds according to county? For example,
what is your life list total for Laramie County? How about Natrona County?
Or Fremont County or Big Horn County? We have been talking with Andrea Cerovski (for those who don't know Andrea - she is the non-game bird biologist with Wyoming Game & Fish), and we are going to start keeping species totals for each of Wyoming's counties. Some of you probably already do this for Nebraska or Colorado or some other state that keeps county lists. We will set this up similarly to ABA's state totals. If you aren't already doing so, start keeping lists for each county, then add up your total for each county at the end of the year. For each county that you have at least 125 for, send that total to us.
In
January, we will organize everyone's totals and put them on the WYOBirds list
serve. We will also send the list totals to all the Audubon chapters to be
put in their newsletters, and to anyone else who wants to see the results.
And of course, sharing our sightings will help all of us find more birds around
the state. Many states already do this and besides the competition, they
have found that it also helps get all parts of the state covered better. Some of
you will probably have 125-plus species for almost every county, while some of
us will only be able to total 125 or more for one or two counties (we just have
to work harder!). 
Be sure to call the
Murie Audubon Bird Hotline to find out what has been seen and to report what
you've seen (265-BIRD in Casper, or 1-888-265-BIRD outside of Casper,
toll-free), or check the WYOBirds list serve. Wyoming only has 23
counties, but each county has a lot of possible places to find birds.