[Tweeters] Some new birding resources

[Jane Hadley via Tweeters]

Dear Tweetsters - The Birding Resources page on the WOS website has a 
couple of changes or additions you may be interested in.

First is a new addition. A tool created by Mason Maron shows a list of 
rare bird species in Washington state along with the number of accepted 
sightings for each species. It also has a search function. The 
information comes from Washington Bird Records Committee records.

You can see this new tool at: https://visorbearer.github.io/WABirdRecords/

Second, the program that allows you to get a checklist for any county in 
the U.S. has been updated with bug fixes and other improvements. You now 
have a choice between two formats for viewing or printing out the 
checklists.

The checklists are derived from eBird sightings. With this update, the 
species included on the checklists have been screened against the ABA 
Checklist of United States birds to eliminate extinct birds, escapees, 
non-wild birds, and birds that are not expected or regular in the U.S. 
(Examples of species removed from the checklists are Ivory Billed 
Woodpecker, Northern Red Bishop, and Cockatiel.) This screening also 
reflects some lumps and splits and name changes, for example, Western 
Flycatcher and Short-billed Gull.

You can find this tool at: 
https://wos.org/documents/USA-county-checklists/usa-county-checklist.html

Also to be found on the Birding Resources page is a link to Marv 
Breece's Seasonal Occurrence tables, which are especially helpful this 
time of year. https://wos.org/documents/Occurrence/

Other links are to maps, to a list of resources for adding native plants 
to your garden, a list of the four-letter Alpha codes for birds, and the 
Birder's Dashboard for Washington. Also, the Sound to Sage breeding bird 
atlas which provides accurate data about which bird species are breeding 
in specific locations within four contiguous counties.

https://wos.org/birding-resources/

Jane Hadley
WOS Webmaster
Seattle, WA
hadleyj1725 at gmail.com
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