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 Director, VINS North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier VT 05602 (802) 229-6206 [log in to unmask]