{"id":201,"date":"2017-01-11T04:41:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T04:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.89.31.220\/~ctbirdin\/?p=201"},"modified":"2017-02-08T04:50:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T04:50:13","slug":"big-january-2017-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/big-january-2017-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Big January 2017 Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"txtbig txtctr\">One of the most exciting beginnings of a birder\u2019s New Year is starting a new list of bird species seen for the upcoming 12 months. Some people step this up a level by participating in the <strong>BIG JANUARY<\/strong> competition, a friendly and fun game to see who can spot the most Connecticut species during the month. Instead of partying New Year\u2019s Eve till the ball drops, some anxious birders will head out pre-dawn on Jan 1st searching for owls to start their new year list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt indent10\">With the aid of Internet list-serves, eBird, COA website and cell phones, it is possible to tally 130 or more species in CT during the first month of the year. This competition is not limited to a small group of elite birders; it\u2019s open to ANYONE!<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt indent10\">As in the past, there are a few basic rules:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"txt indent10\">To qualify, one needs to have identified (seen or heard) a minimum of 90 species for the month within Connecticut.<\/li>\n<li class=\"txt indent10\">All species seen\/heard need to have been counted on public property, your own property, or private property with permission.<\/li>\n<li class=\"txt indent10\">Report your species list in the same order as the <a href=\"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/birds-birding\/checklist-of-the-birds-of-connecticut\/\">COA ARCC Official CT List<\/a> or the species order of eBird is also acceptable. Also, if possible, provide the date and location (town) for the first time each species was identified (optional, but encouraged).<\/li>\n<li class=\"txt indent10\">For those that use eBird, it is quite easy to generate your January CT list to submit. Otherwise, please provide a database, or even a simple list.<\/li>\n<li class=\"txt indent10\">Deadline for submission is Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 at 11:59 pm. Send them to: johnmarshall47\u00a0AT gmail.com<\/li>\n<li class=\"txt indent10\">A report on the results will be posted shortly thereafter on the CT birds list-serve, and in an article on the COA website<\/li>\n<li class=\"txt indent10\">Digital photos you have taken, especially of rare species, are welcome. Credit will be given for any photos used in the summary report.<\/li>\n<li class=\"txt indent10\">Since this event is based on the honor system, please make every effort to be honest and certain of your identification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"txt indent10\">Please think about conservation when birding this year. Instead of &#8220;chasing&#8221; down rare birds across the state every weekend, perhaps you should see how many you can find in your own town or at a given sanctuary or two. You might just find a bird or two you never expected, a new patch to explore, and will feel better for helping the environment and your wallet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt indent10\">Even if you do not qualify at 90 or more species but have a great sighting or wonderful photo please feel free to pass it along.<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt indent10\">Thank you and good birding!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most exciting beginnings of a birder\u2019s New Year is starting a new list of bird species seen for the upcoming 12 months. Some people step this up a level by participating in the BIG JANUARY competition, a friendly and fun game to see who can spot the most Connecticut species during the &#8230; <a title=\"Big January 2017 Connecticut\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/big-january-2017-connecticut\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Big January 2017 Connecticut\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_crdt_document":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12,13,14,17,15,16],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-big-january","tag-big-january-2017","tag-birding","tag-coa","tag-competition","tag-winter","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}