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Re: Carolinabirds 6th anniversary



Congrats Will and keep up the good work!
Bobbie

--- Will Cook <cwcook@duke.edu> wrote:
> Happy Friday the 13th!
> 
> Carolinabirds was born 6 years old today, on the
> auspicious date of Friday, 
> 13 December 1996.  Our number of subscribers seems
> to have stabilized, 
> though more people are reading us now on the four
> web sites that carry our 
> group.  Here's some information about us:
> 
> Total subscribers on 
> 12/13/2002: 529
> 12/13/2001: 545
> 12/13/2000: 506
> 12/13/1999: 438
> 12/13/98: 368
> 12/13/97: 262
> 1/13/97: 104
> 12/14/96: 17
> 
> 
> Breakdown by location on 12/13/01:
> 
> 1	Canada
> 426	United States
> 102	unknown
> There used to be more foreign subscribers - I'm sure
> the availability of 
> Carolinabirds on the web has a great deal to do with
> the decrease.
> 
> 1	AL
> 1	CA
> 1	CT
> 1	DE
> 5	FL
> 6	GA
> 1	KY
> 2	MA
> 1	MD
> 309	NC (72.4% of known locations)
> 4	NY
> 1	OH
> 2	PA
> 79	SC (18.5%)
> 3	TN
> 8	VA
> 1	WA
> 
> North Carolina's percentage is up from last year's
> 69.7% and SC's is down 
> from 20.6%.  
> 
> 124	Research Triangle area (29.0%)
> 
> The Triangle area's overrepresentation is up
> slightly from last year's 
> 27.9%.  In NC, the Asheville area is also well
> represented, the Charlotte 
> area is a little underrepresented, and the Triad
> area (Greensboro/Winston-
> Salem/High Point) is woefully underrepresented. In
> SC, the majority of 
> subscribers are in the Charleston, Columbia, and
> Greenville areas. 
> 
> 
> Breakdown by sex (estimated from names):
> 
> 313	male (60.5%)
> 204	female (39.5%)
> 
> There's a slight trend of a higher percentage of
> female subscribers.  In 
> years past it's held steady at 38%.
> 
> Thanks to all of you who make this group a success! 
> Please let me know if 
> you have any suggestions for improving the
> usefulness of Carolinabirds.
> 
> Merry Christmas Bird Counting!
> 
> Will Cook
> carolinabirds-owner@duke.edu
> 
> 
> -- 
> Charles W. "Will" Cook                  w
> 919-660-7423
> http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook           
> cwcook@duke.edu
> Biology Dept., Duke Univ., Box 90340, Durham, NC
27708


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