| Welcome to the Stanislaus
Audubon Big Year (BY) 2006 Home Page. During this year BY,
participants will cover both Merced and Stanislaus Counties
to see as many different species as they can. To be
"countable" each species must be physically within one of
the two counties, be on the CBRC official list (http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/ca_list.html)
and be observed according to the American Birding
Association (ABA) Recording Rules (http://americanbirding.org/bigday/rules.pdf).
As a twist this year, in addition to tracking the total
species seen, we are assigning a point value to each species
based upon it's difficulty of being observed in the proper
habitat and appropriate time of the year. For example, a
House Finch is worth one point, a Blue-winged Teal is worth
3 points and a Ruff is worth 6. |
