Garrett May Count 2007

The Garrett County May count had a phenomenal 150 species. Participants were: Jamie Alvarez, Natalie Atherton, Ron Boyer, Vicki Carlson, Jo Cox, Randy Crabtree, Tina Crabtree, Connie Crowe, Kevin Dodge, Benjamin Duff, Curtis Duff, Daisy Duff, Isaiah Duff, Levi Duff, Maria Duff, Courtney Englar, Polly English-Ramsay, Charlotte Folk, Andrew Frazee, Barbara Gaffney, George Gaffney, Nellie Henken, Donald Hoecker, Frances Hoecker, Harold Hoecker, Sheila Hughes, Glen Johnston, Alan Klotz, Jessica Klotz, Kyle Klotz, Jim Lawrence, Louise Lawrence, Bob Lewis, Marge Lewis, Carol McDaniel, Joe McDaniel, Liz McDowell, Peggy Nixon, Jeff Opel, Bill Pope, Fran Pope, Jeff Reitz, Janet Shields, Connie Skipper, David Walbeck, Barbara Yoder, Gary Yoder, and Samuel Yoder.

for Allegany County

The May count was a great success. Eight observers managed to find 3111 Individuals of 120 species. We had 2 species that were new for the count. A Bonaparte's Gull found by Mark Eanes at the Cumberland Terminus and Pectoral Sandpipers seen at North Branch by J.B. Churchill (thats me).

Participants were:
Penny Knoebel-Besa
J.B. Churchill
Ray Kiddy
Roy Brown
John (Bill) Norris

The Maryland Ornithological Society Conference is being held in Salisbury Maryland this July 27 - 29, 2007. Here is a flyer The rooms are less expensive this year than they sometimes are being at the dorms at Salisbury State University. I know its a little bit far away for most of use Western Marylanders but I know a few folks are planning to go !

I received 8 votes on the issue of whether or not to pay speakers for their travel to our meetings.
Here are the results:

Issue #1.
Most of us agree that we should reimburse speakers for coming from far away places to speak for our club. We should have guidelines in place for what is appropriate re-imbursement. Note that speakers always have the option to refuse any payment. Please select one of the choices below.

0 votes - Speakers get payed nothing for speaking for our club
5 votes - Speakers coming from 100 or more miles away should be reimbursed $50.00 for travel costs.

The Picnic was enjoyable. Though not very well attended, those of us who braved the threatening weather had good food and fun. The weather DID hold off while we picnicked (sp ?) outside. I received some votes on the issues that I mentioned in the newsletter. I'll tally those up and post some results.

The May Count was held May 13th, 2006. We had 120 or 121 species depending on whether you count the Brewster's hybrid as a species (perhaps not) and 3378 individual birds. We had 7 parties in the field and 8 individuals. We had 55 total man hours in the field. Heres the list.