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The "Utah Birds" web site strives to cover a broad
spectrum of subjects dealing with birds and birding in Utah. It is meant
as a resource to anyone interested in birds. For the beginning birder it
offers information about birding organizations, hotlines, the best
birding places, as well as information about the birds themselves,
including a great number of pictures. For the avid birder, this
web site provides the latest information about bird sightings, through
the state and local hotlines, sighting reports, and a way to be in touch
with other birders. For the ornithologist or serious student of birds,
there is a complete listing of rare bird sighting in Utah, archives of
the records of the Utah Bird Records Committee as well as the records
presently being reviewed, and a search function to help sift through the
more than 10,000 web site files. |
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About the "Utah Birds" website
This website is sponsored by
the "Utah County Birders," a birding group from the north-central part of
Utah. Most of the funding for the website comes from book and CD
purchases through amazon.com. (this is our only
commercial link -- we try to be as free of commerce connections as possible
-- we're in it for the birds and the birders).
Those responsible:
Founder: Weldon Whipple
initially
setup the website and list serves for the Utah County Birders (around
1997). He maintained the integrity of the website and the list
serves (did the work that required brains and ability) for about eight
years. His work was essential to the creation and development of
this website.
The Webmaster:
Most of the collecting of information, creating and updating pages,
managing the e-mail hotlines, posting, writing up stuff like this not to
mention misspelling, mis-linking AND correcting the mistakes is done by Milt
Moody, the webmaster.
The Assistant Webmaster:
The latest addition to the website staff (in 2004) is
Eric Huish who is maintaining the state calendar, the
Utah County Birders website
screening and forwarding hotline messages submitted through the website,
compiling the monthly
State Hotline Reports of
rare and unusual birds being seen in Utah, etc. He is playing an
ever increasing roll in keeping the website up-to-date and running
smoothly, providing timely birding information for Utah.
Other
contributors: A lot of the substance of this website
comes from those who send in bird sighting to the
hotlines which ends up in reports
and databases on the website. Also of great help are those who
submit records to the
Utah
Bird Records Committee who are continually reviewing
sight records of rare birds and providing information that is posted on this website.
A great debt of gratitude is due to the
photographers who have sent in a
huge number of interesting, beautiful and down right amazing
pictures of birds which end up in the
Photo Gallery,
Photos of the Month, and
Feature Pages. There are many others who
have helped out, now and then, whose contributions are much appreciated.
Embedded Websites:
There are several websites that are included in the "Utah
Birds" website. The official websites of the
Utah Ornithological Society and its
Utah
Bird Records Committee are part
of this website as well as the website for the
sponsor of this web,
Utah County Birders..
We hope that the "Utah Birds" website can
contribute to the
knowledge of birds and bird life in Utah.
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