THE BBS HONOR ROLE
It is no secret that you, the BBS volunteers, make this program a success. We are extremely grateful to all BBS participants for volunteering their time and expertise to the survey. However, the BBS would like to recognize those individuals who have been extraordinarily dedicated to the BBS over the years.
Seventeen observers have each completed more than 99 surveys since the start of the BBS. David Holmes leads the flock with a total nearing 300 completed surveys!
David Holmes 285
Sam Robbins 112
Danny Bystrak 228 Ron
Muilenburg 111
Chan Robbins 198
Ken Johnson 109
Vernon Kleen 195
Peter Petersen 109
Thomas Imhof 160
Sam Droege 102
Ken Seyffert 128
Jan Tarble 102
Robert Reid 125
Fritz Scheider 101
Sebastian Patti 120 Thomas Finucane
100
James Cope 117
Following close behind are nineteen observers who have conducted 80
to 99 surveys. They are:
George Hall 99
Burt Monroe, Jr. 85
William Buskirk 98 William
Reid 85
Ken Dubke
96 Robert Whitcomb 85
Raymond Adams 94
Mary Donald 84
David Christie 94
John Linehan 84
Ben Coffey, Jr. 93 James
Lynch 83
Noel Cutright 92
K. Goodpasture 82
Nathaniel Whitney 87 Stephen Stedman
81
Anthony Erskine 86 Marion
Metcalf 80
Lynn Thomas 86
Space constraints prevent us from listing all the observers we would
like to recognize individually. But to give you an idea of how you
compare to other volunteers, below observers are grouped in categories
according to the number of routes they have surveyed.
Total Number
Routes of
Completed Observers
70 - 79 18
60 - 69 30
50 - 59 41
40 - 49 73
30 - 39 133
20 - 29 396
10 - 19 1025
1 - 09 4418
The prize for the most routes run by an observer in one state/province
since the start of the BBS must be shared by Chan Robbins (MD) and Vernon
Kleen (IL); they have both completed 195 surveys in their respective
states. Other state and provincial stars are listed below:
ALABAMA
Thomas Imhof 124 Robert Reid 123 James Peavy 54 James Thompson 53 Dan Holliman 37 |
ALASKA
Terry Doyle 40 Brad Andres 27 Hustace Scott 21 Robert Scher 21 Jeff Allen 19 |
ALBERTA
Jack Park 57 Willis Hall 49 Graeme Greenlee 45 Stefan Jungkind 37 Geoff Holroyd 34 |
ARIZONA
Robert Bradley 77 Stephen Russell 32 Joan Tweit 28 Greg Mills 27 Robert Norton 22 |
ARKANSAS
Earl Hanebrink 66 Helen Parker 66 Kathryn Shugart 32 B. Beall 29 Tom Wilson 29 |
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Madelon Schouten 56 J. Grant 52 Gary Davidson 50 Wayne Weber 36 Rick Howie 34 |
CALIFORNIA
Jan Tarble 102 Lynn Thomas 86 Michael Robbins 78 Jeri Langham 58 Claude Edwards 46 |
COLORADO
Lowell Mcewen 42 Clait Braun 38 Ed Hollowed 35 Kip Stransky 32 David Galinat 30 |
CONNECTICUT
Andrew Magee 53 Walter Charsky 25 Seth Kellogg 24 Robert Moeller 24 Janet Mitchell 23 |
DELAWARE
John Linehan 80 Helen Griffith 24 Richard West 13 James Coleman, Jr.12 Maurice Barnhill 09 Meta Little 09 |
FLORIDA
Richard West 61 John White 52 Herbert Kale II 46 Paul Sykes 44 Jim Cox 41 |
GEORGIA
Joseph Greenberg 69 Eunice Christensen 37 Mark Oberle 32 B. Pate 31 Anne Hamilton 30 |
IDAHO
Charles Trost 73 Hadley Roberts 66 Ririe Godfrey 44 Colleen Sweeney 40 Lucinda Haggas 28 |
ILLINOIS
Vernon Kleen 195 Lee Johnson 59 Peter Petersen 49 James Hampson 42 Lynn Mckeown 36 |
INDIANA
James Cope 117 William Buskirk 98 Edward Hopkins 78 Charles Wise 26 B. Palmer-Ball,Jr. 24 |
IOWA
Ron Muilenburg 111 Hazel Diggs 64 Peter Petersen 60 Francis Moore 26 Darwin Mosman 25 |
KANSAS
Marvin Schwilling 69 Theodore Sperry 68 Charles Ely 63 Wallace Champeny 49 Edmund Martinez 47 |
KENTUCKY
Burt Monroe, Jr. 75 Howard Jones 69 Clell Petersen 65 B. Palmer-Ball, Jr.48 Robert Head 40 |
LOUISIANA
Gary Lester 54 David Kee 44 Mark Swan 37 Charles Vier 35 Marshall Ester 24 |
MAINE
Bruce Barker 57 Thomas Skaling 55 Barbara Grace 48 Richard Anderson 29 Linda Alverson 26 |
MANITOBA
Herbert Copeland 71 Peter Taylor 39 Wayne Neily 27 William Kyle 24 Ken Gardner 23 Barbara Robinson 23 |
MARYLAND
Chan Robbins 195 David Holmes 167 Danny Bystrak 149 Harry Armistead 59 Sam Droege 57 |
MASSACHUSETTS
Rudolph Stone 61 Blair Nikula 27 Jean Nichols 26 Gary Shampang 26 Helen Bates 22 |
MICHIGAN
Raymond Adams 94 C. Smith 49 Grover Niergarth 38 Charlotte Taylor 38 Stephen Hinshaw 34 |
MINNESOTA
Adele Elwell 62 Josephine Blanich 56 Nestor Hiemenz 51 Donald Mahle 44 Harriet Micensky 43 |
MISSISSIPPI
Ben Coffey, Jr. 74 Donald Lewis 50 Judith Toups 26 W. Turcotte 24 W. Davis 18 Billy Grimm 18 Terrence Schiefer 18 Marcus Spencer 18 Wendell Whitmore 18 |
MISSOURI
Sebastian Patti 57 C. Johnson 41 James Wilson 39 William Goodge 26 David Easterla 24 Peter Goldman 24 |
MONTANA
Harriet Marble 50 William Roney 46 Clifford Davis 36 Steve Gniadek 36 Marcella Bishop 33 |
NEBRASKA
Neva Pruess 47 Doris Gates 45 Iola Penneington 41 C. Somerhalder 30 Lee Morris 29 |
NEVADA
A. Biale 23 Joyce Piotter 21 P. Herlan 16 Marian Cressman 14 L. Napier 14 |
NEW BRUNSWICK
David Christie 94 Peter Pearce 32 James Wilson 31 E. Mary Majka 29 Marion Belyea 25 |
NEWFOUNDLAND
John Wells 34 Bruce Mactavish 32 Roger Burrows 22 William John Pratt13 T. Waters 11 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Vera Hebert 59 Katherine Dyment 39 Robert Quinn 39 E. Phinney 37 Helen Parker 28 |
NEW JERSEY
Wilfrid Ward 49 John Demarrais 41 William Sandfor 38 Glenn Mahler 19 Greg Hanisek 18 |
NEW MEXICO
Sandy Williams 73 Carl Schmitt 65 James Travis 65 Chris Rustay 40 John Durrie 32 |
NEW YORK
Fritz Scheider 101 Margaret Rusk 65 Robert Pantle 56 Alice Jones 52 Evelyn Rifenburg 52 Stephen Eaton 48 |
NORTHWEST TERR.
Robert Ferguson 20 Jacques Sirois 7 |
NORTH CAROLINA
James Lynch 60 Harry Legrand, Jr.50 Jarvis Hudson 33 G. Cox 30 John Fussell 30 |
NORTH DAKOTA
Gordon Berkey 67 Ken Johnson 52 Russell Rytter 51 Ron Martin 50 W. Buresh 43 Myron Freeman 43 |
NOVA SCOTIA
Chris Helleiner 46 Sylvia Fullerton 33 Barbara Hinds 27 James Elliott 24 Roslyn Macphee 23 |
OHIO
Ray Jezerinac 76 Worth Randle 51 Robert Donohoe 39 Ken Troutman 32 C. McCullough 29 |
OKLAHOMA
Paul Nighswonger 57 Joy Robertson 43 William Carter 42 Ina Brown 38 Ella Delap 38 Jack Tyler 38 |
ONTARIO
Murray Speirs 63 Helen Inch 50 Cliff Macfayden 49 Jean Wallace 40 Dan Lee 39 |
OREGON
Harry Nehls 67 James Olson 64 Robert Grimm 48 Martin St. Louis 46 Otis Swisher 41 |
PENNSYLVANIA
David Holmes 94 William Reid 85 Paul Schwalbe 68 Margaret Higbee 59 Rudolph Keller 46 |
PRINCE EDWARD ISL.
M. Thomas 19 John Wright 17 Anthony Erskine 12 Dean Anoy 08 Richard Elliot 07 |
QUEBEC
Mabel McIntosh 48 Ronald Lepage 46 Reginald Ouellet 42 Jean Puize 34 Phillippe Blain 33 |
RHODE ISLAND
Rick Enser 18 M. Davenport 12 Katherine Kinsey 11 Frances Perry 08 Daniel Kowal 06 A. Wait 06 |
SASKATCHEWAN
Maurice Mareschal55 Ken Johnson 35 William Anaka 33 John Roy 30 Stuart Houston 27 |
SOUTH CAROLINA
Edward Clyde 56 Jeannine Angerman 50 Dennis Forsythe 38 T. Beckett III 28 Steven Wagner 20 |
SOUTH DAKOTA
Nathaniel Whitney 87 L. Baylor 74 Nelda Holden 74 J. Harter 43 B. Rose 36 |
TENNESSEE
Ken Dubke 94 K. Goodpasture 81 Joseph Howell 70 Charles Nicholson57 Stephen Stedman 56 |
TEXAS
Ken Seyffert 100 Frances Williams 75 Richard Albert 63 James Middleton 62 Andrew Oneil 54 |
UTAH
Steven Hedges 59 George Webb 54 Dennis Shirley 38 Herbert Frost 29 Mark Bromley 20 |
VERMONT
Marion Metcalf 80 T. Foster 50 William Norse 37 Walter Ellison 30 Larry Rogacki 20 |
VIRGINIA
Frederick Scott 63 Richard Peake 55 Myriam Moore 35 John Mehner 34 Dorothy Silsby 33 |
WASHINGTON
Bill Tweit 38 Ronald Friesz 28 Eugene Hunn 28 Evelyn Peaslee 27 Ken Brunner 26 Terence Wahl 26 |
WEST VIRGINIA
George Hall 99 Robert Whitcomb 85 Thomas Finucane 79 James Evans 45 Ralph Bell 37 |
WISCONSIN
Sam Robbins 112 Mary Donald 84 Daryl Tessen 76 Charles Kemper 75 Noel Cutright 62 |
WYOMING
Oliver Scott 69 Lois Layton 66 James June 49 Jean Adams 29 Jean Daly 24 Reg Rothwell 24 |
YUKON
Helmut Grunberg 20 Wayne Neily 18 Del Buerge 10 Dave Mossop 10 Wendy Nixon 10 |
STATE COORDINATORS
There has been one notable change in the state coordinators since
the summer issue of the bulletin. For you folks in northern California,
Lyann Comrack has temporarily (2 years) relinquished her state coordinator
duties. Anyone interested in assuming those responsibilities during
her absence should contact our office. Until a replacement is found,
you can contact our office directly for route assignments or problems.
It has come to our attention that it has been awhile since we
have provided a complete updated list of the state/provincial coordinators.
To rectify this situation the current state coordinators’ names, addresses,
and telephone numbers are provided.
For questions or comments we can be reached at:
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
12100 Beech Forest Road
Laurel, MD 20708-4038
FAX: 301/497-5784
Bruce_Peterjohn@nbs.gov
301/497-5841
Keith_Pardieck@nbs.gov
301/497-5843