This year and last year I've started my yearlist on September 17th. I'm doing this as a sort of "practice" for a serious year list starting on January 1st. Since September 17th 2003 I've tallyied about 135 species. Last "year" I saw 200 species exactly. The year list is almost as fun as my life list!
You can start your year list any ol' day you want to, Creeper! It's YOUR list after all.
And I think 135 species since 9/17 is pretty impressive! What part of Michigan are you in? Did you get any cool winter owls, like Snowys?
BC,
If you have your list by date, why not join us now on the "How's your 2004 list going" thread? You can use what you already have from Jan 1, 2004 and keep it up through year end.There are lots of us that have decided that a year list is a lot of fun and an encouragement to get out and bird more.