Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!snell From: snell@utzoo.UUCP (snell) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Big Day (Big Sit) DREAM Site: Where and When? Message-ID: <9105@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Dec-87 12:49:12 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.9105 Posted: Mon Dec 14 12:49:12 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Dec-87 12:49:12 EST Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 30 Hmmm, time for a new topic... What would be your choice for a BIG DAY (BIG SIT) location? That is, where would you go to tick a maximum number of species in 24 hours (no restrictions on where, but do include a North American site as well, if your first choice is elsewhere...). (Note, this is not the same as `what exotic place would you like to bird in for a day to get a fat list of mega-ticks.) *** Here is the wrinkle: you would have to stay in one place. A single *** spot, approximately 2 metres X 2 metres. 1. Pick the place. 2. Pick the date (and hope for favourable weather). 3. You could have a blind or not, as you choose. 4. Assume a maximum party size of 3, all of whom must remain within the 2m X 2m plot. 5. The spot may be on the ground, or above it (such as in a look-out platform). However, it must be stationary (e.g., sitting the bed of a pickup truck being driven about does not count). Send choices to me via email, and I will post a summary... __ Name: Richard Snell Mail: Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1 UUCP: {allegra,decvax,ihnp4,linus,pyramid,yetti,utai}!utzoo!snell BITNET: utzoo!snell@utoronto.bitnet