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Levels,
Rules, and Reporting
LEVELS
There are three levels of competition in
this event.
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Youth (high school or younger)
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Intermediate
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Advanced
(The
Intermediate and Advanced levels are
self-selected.)
RULES
Any species on the
official bird list of the California Bird
Records Committee may be counted. This includes
introduced species such as Chukar, Ring-necked
Pheasant, Wild Turkey, Rock Pigeon, Spotted
Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, European
Starling, and House Sparrow. It does NOT include
species such as Black Swan, Mute Swan, Egyptian
Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, White-cheeked Pintail,
Mandarin Duck, or Northern Bobwhite. Birds
located anywhere within the
official boundaries of the Central Valley,
(public or private property) may be counted.
REPORTING
Central Valley review
species (marked with an asterisk) must be
documented and turned in to the appropri ate
county
sub-regional editor of Field Notes. (See
below for contact information) The acceptability
of questionable or rare species will be
determined by consensus of sub-regional editors.
Madera and Tulare County do not have
sub-regional editors, so please send those
records directly to the
regional editors.
Please continue
to post normal birding emails on the appropriate
listserve for the county you are birding in.
HOWEVER, PLEASE POST ALL RARITIES ON THE
CVBIRDS LISTSERVE. If you do not have
Internet access, make contact with a friend that
does.
REGIONAL EDITORS
Records
of loons-frigatebirds and larids-alcids go to
Scott Terrill and Tom
Ryan at:
H.T. Harvey & Associates
3150 Almaden Expwy., Suite 145
San Jose, CA 95118
sterrill@harveyecology.com
Records of herons to shorebirds go to Mike
Rogers at:
499 Novato Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
m.m.rogers@att.net
Records of doves through thrushes/Wrentit (in
the new AOU order, that
includes vireos and shrikes) go to Steve Glover
at:
6526 Conestoga Lane
Dublin, CA 94568
Sgloverccc@aol.com
Records of thrashers to finches go to Luke Cole
at:
561 Hill Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
luke@igc.org
SUBREGIONAL
EDITORS
Alpine & Calaveras
John Sterling
Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, Yuba
Bruce Deuel
18730 Live Oak Road
Red Bluff, CA 96080
Contra Costa
Steve Glover
6526 Conestoga Lane
Dublin CA 94568
Fresno
Gary W. Potter
2183 Walton Ave
Sanger, CA 93657
John C.
Wilson (Kern County)
1425 Alta Vista Drive
Bakersfield, CA 93305
Kings
Luke Cole
561 Hill Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
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Mariposa
David Vander Pluym
1683 Buena Vista St.
Ventura, CA 93001
Merced
Kent Van Vuren
26 Vista Dr.
Salinas, CA 93907
Solano
Robin Leong
336 Benson Ave.
Vallejo, CA 94590-3027
Placer
Ed Pandolfino
5530 Del Rose Court
Carmichael, CA 95608
Sacramento and Yolo
Chris Conard
2405 Rio Bravo Circle
Sacramento, CA 95826
San Joaquin
David G. Yee
11707 N. Alpine Rd.
Lodi, CA 95240
Shasta
Bob Yutzy
P. O. Box 990237
Redding CA 96099
Stanislaus
Jim Gain
3300 Cardinal Flower Ave
Modesto, CA 95355
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