Year 4, Shot Glass 2
What is it that Alexander Haig once said? "I am in command." The Wells are having problems hacking it in the Basin Big Leagues this year (see below), so they've been sent down to the Texas Leagues for a while to work on their fundamentals (like proper footgear for feederwatching at Matt Young's). In the meantime, I've been called upon to pinch hit for them. For those of you still getting used to the new Cup/Shot Glass rotation, the Shot Glass is designed as a quick update of Cuppers' totals in between issues of The Cup (which now comes out every other month).
March is supposed to come in like a lion, and go out like a lamb, but in birding terms, it's just the opposite- things are still fairly quiet for the first few weeks of the month, but then some early migrants at the end of March kick off the beginning of 2+ months of spring migration madness. Here is a picture of the relative calm before the real storm:
March 1999 David Cup Totals (Bird 100 is listed for the members of the 100 Club)
113 Matt Young Ross' Goose!
107 Geo Kloppel Red Crossbill
107 Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Ruffed Grouse
104 Kevin McGowan Blue-winged Teal
101 Jay McGowan American Woodcock
100 Chris Butler Eastern Phoebe
98 Matt Medler
96 Jon Kloppel
93 Matt Sarver
90 Tom Nix
89 Steve Kelling
86 Rachel Kloppel
86 Jeff Wells
86 Matt Williams
85 Anne Kendall
82 Ken Rosenberg
82 Allison Wells
79 Bill Evans
78 Nancy Dickinson
78 Marty Schlabach
74 Meena Haribal
73 Bard Prentiss
72 Pat Lia
67 Brian Mingle
66 Tringa
63 Andy Farnsworth
62 Aaron Kloppel
61 Jim Lowe
60 Kim Kline
57 Martha Fischer
55 Carol Bloomgarden
54 Terry Mingle
54 Sam Kelling
48 Taylor Kelling
47 Perri McGowan
46 Melanie Uhlir
45 Anne James
37 Ben Taft
31 Swift (Kitty Cup)
30 Teddy Wells (Kitty Cup)
25 Mimi Wells (Kitty Cup)
21 Rob Scott
0 Ralph Paonessa
March 1999 McIlroy Award Totals
76 Kevin McGowan
66 Bill Evans
66 Jay McGowan
65 Allison Wells
56 Ken Rosenberg
55 Matt Medler
54 Jim Lowe
53 Martha Fischer
52 Jeff Wells
37 Chris Butler
March 1999 Evans Trophy Totals
85 Matt Young
75 Kevin McGowan
71 Jay McGowan
68 Bard Prentiss
57 Ken Rosenberg
45 Allison Wells
Lansing Listers
73 Kevin McGowan
52 Jay McGowan
44 Matt Williams
Etna Challenge
31 Allison Wells
0 Matt Young
Yard Lists
56 Kelling Family, Caroline, NY
48 McGowan/Kline Family, Drdyen, NY
48 Geo Kloppel & Pat Lia West Danby, NY
47 Nancy Dickinson, Mecklenberg, NY
47 Rosenberg/James Family, Dryden, NY
41 Fredericks Family, Van Etten, NY
33 Carol Bloomgarden, Etna, NY
31 Wells Family, Etna, NY
Office Totals
41 Tan Trailer, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
33 Green Trailer, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
16 Allison Wells, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
6 Matt Medler, Cornell Lab of Ornithology (some
of us are too hard at work to be birding from our offices (and we don't have windows back in LNS))
Good birding!
Matt