What fun to talk with Gary Bletsch on The Bird Banter Episode #59. Gary is a county birder supreme, having 328 species in Skagit County, WA on eBird, a number that is among the highest individual county life lists for any county in WA. I had a really great talk with Gary. I hope you enjoy it.

Gary is an eBird lister almost beyond compare. He has submitted, as of 5-9-2020 24,648 eBird checklists from Skagit County alone, and 27,194 in Washington, and 30,128 in the world. This ranks him at #1 in both Skagit and WA (second in WA is at 11,373) and #15 in the world. His total in Skagit County alone would rank at #24 in the world!

Gary talks about Washington Birder and this is a link to that fabulously useful website for WA state and county birders.

I also talk about my Pierce County Big Day. Here is a link to the trip report for that day.

I’ll make this post short, as the trip report on the Birdathon/Big Day took up my writing energy this week.

Until next time. Good birding. Good Day!