[mou] more on Median Arrival Dates

[Paul Budde]

Alex - 

Tthere is no desire to keep this kind of information "secret" within the
MOU's committees.  The issues are that the dates need "scrubbing" and
checking, and a report created.  With up to 400 species, split north and
south, spring and fall, arrival and departure, over 20+ years ......there is
a lot of data to manage!

I am confident a report in some format will be published sometime by someone
or some committee within the MOU, but I don't know when.

Paul

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Of Watson, Alexander Robert
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 10:53 AM
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Subject: [mou] more on Median Arrival Dates

Hello all,

I attempted to calculate the median arrival dates from Bob Janssen's 1975
printing of the Birds of Minnesota to compare them with what is printed in
Minnesota Birding on the calendar occasionally (thank you to all who
responded).  Since the dates given are early and late outliers, it did not
match up well.  That or I calculated it wrong or the data is too old.

Since I received about a half dozen e-mails after my earlier request to see
median arrival data, I know there is a demand for such fun tid-bits of nerdy
bird data.

So, I implore the avian information committee to reconsider publishing
either online or in one of the MOU publications a list of this data.  It
would be fun to see!  I also think that greater awareness of arrival and
departure data could inspire more to report first sightings to refine the
data, and give important clues as to possible influences of global climate
change.

Good Birding, and may a Great Grey Owl bless the upcoming Sax-Zim Festival
Alex Watson

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