Hi Ruth,

If you're referring to the NABA (North American Butterfly Association)
Counts, you can visit their website to learn more about how they operate.

http://www.naba.org/counts.html

It's more or less like a Christmas Bird Count for butterflies!
Cheers,
Chip

At 10:11 PM 6/30/04 -0400, you wrote:
>Conducting our own butterfly count here in priority block Peru  5, Thurs.
>July 1.   Is this data collectable for the 'Big Day?"  To whom should it be
>sent?   If we are out more than one day, is that all applicable?   Are
>there count guidelines that we should know about?
>
>Ruth
>
>Stewarts
>E. Dorset, VT
>USA
>
        Chip Darmstadt
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