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The Shot Glass, Vol. 1
January 1999 Totals

Coeditors: Allison Wells, Matt Medler
Fire eater: Matt Medler

GLASS GLASS GLASS GLASS GLASS GLASS GLASS GLASS

CUPPER SUPPER: Don't forget to mark your calendar for the 3rd Annual Cupper Supper! February 28,  antics starting at 5pm.  Bring a dish to pass (if you all bring desserts, so be it!) We'll have  wine and soft drinks as usual, but we don't dare supply the beer, what with the likes of connoisseur Kevin McGowan roaming the premises. We also encourage you to save the world by bringing your own reusable eating utensils. We'll be awarding fabulous prizes, they'll be lots of good music, and  we may be able to coherse Ken Rosenberg into a table dance or two...or maybe not. Meanwhile,  to help with the foolishness, please send responses to the following question to amw25@cornell.edu:

You know you're a birder if ...  
(Example: You know you're a birder if your idea of a dream vacation is to a parasite-infested,  hot, rainy tropical forest.)

COUNT FOR THE BIRDS: This weekend (Feb 19-22) is the 2nd Annual Backyard Bird Count! What  better way to get your yard totals up than by participating? Everything you need to know  is at the web site <http:birdsource.cornell.edu>. We'll be looking for your read dot...
David Cup

Compiled by Matt Medler

Last year's birding sensation, Matt Young, promised that he was going to take it easy this year.  Sure, Matt.  So where do we find Matt at the end of January but at the top of the leaderboard, with a new record total for the month.  Suddenly, 100 birds in January doesn't seem so impossible after all.  Throw in a few winter finches, two or three more owls, and a couple of odd birds that Matt missed, and Kurt Fox doesn't seem so crazy after all.

88 Matt Young
86 Tom Nix
80 Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
79 Bill Evans
75 Matt Medler
73 Jon Kloppel
72 Jay McGowan
70 Bard Prentiss
67 Kevin McGowan
63 Andy Farnsworth
63 Geo Kloppel
60 Jeff Wells
59 Nancy Dickinson
57 Martha Fischer
57 Allison Wells
56 Rachel Kloppel
55 Marty Schlabach
52 Kim Kline
46 Tringa
44 Anne Kendall
42 Meena Haribal
41 Chris Butler
40 Aaron Kloppel
37 Ben Taft
28 Perri McGowan
27 Jim Lowe
24 Swift
11 Teddy
 9 Mimi
 

McIlroy Award

Compiled by Matt Medler

Stop me if you've heard this one before--Bill Evans jumps out to a big McIlroy total in January, starts talking some trash, and then leaves the Basin.  He is to be commended for setting what he claims is the new McIlroy record for the month.  But as I try to tell greenhorn Matt Sarver, it's not about the January total, or the February total, or even the November total. This is a marathon.  Let's see where Bill ends up come December 31.

66 Bill Evans
53 Martha Fischer
45 Jay McGowan
43 Matt Medler
40 Allison Wells
39 Jeffrey Wells
36 Kevin McGowan
25 Jim Lowe


Evans Trophy

Compiled by Bard Prentiss

37 Jay McGowan
35 Kevin McGowan
35 Bard Prentiss

BUT WHERE'S MATT YOUNG'S?


Lansing Listers

56 Kevin McGowan
52 Jay McGowan