Thank you for this reminder. What the article didn't answer for me was
whether it would be better to leave out a common species that I know I've
encountered on the trip than to include it as an X. Especially on a busy
migration day I'm sure many of us skip over many abundant  species as we
"look past" them to find the rarities. There are plenty of times that I
simply am not interested in estimating how many Herring Gulls were around
while I was checking out the ducks, for instance.

I strive to provide complete lists with counts since I appreciate the value
of the contribution.  Still, there are those days...

Ian Lynch
Mentor, OH

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