butterfly race/count

[Andrea Hoffmann]

uh...i'm terribly sorry for causing a bit of a misunderstanding here.

i was thinking of a butterfly count. you set up teams, and within a certain
period of time you have to count all the species you encounter. the team
who has counted most species is the winner. are there any guidelines for
such a race/count somewhere? are there any variations possible? like giving
a bonus for identifying/finding caterpillars, etc... ?

thanks for all the suggestions so far. keep them rolling in, i am grateful
for all your input. :)

andrea :)

At 12:37 PM 3/24/99 GMT, Jonathan Sylvestre wrote:
>I think Andrea meant a butterflies count. Like its often do with the birds,
>peoples walk in a area and note all species they observed. The result is to
>list and to count which species occur in a fixed area. Its not like a car
>race !
>
>Tell me if IM wrong. If I misunderstood, accept my apologies.
>
>Jonathan Sylvestre
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>Esther Cornelius a écrit dans le message
><1089-36F7EC9B-24 at newsd-171.iap.bryant.webtv.net>...
>Andrea: I've never heard of a butterfly race but here locally we have
>the calavaras frog jump. It's designed around the nature of the frog, so
>I'd imagine a butterly race would be something like a timed distance
>with a balloon or something to standardize the relative wind speed. ie:
>the time of the butterfly vs the time of the balloon. I suppose a number
>of butterflies could be released at the same time but they would have to
>be in a group so that the "course" would be equal, so they would need
>markings & I wouldn't recommend that, because markings big enough to be
>identified from the ground would interfere with their flight and/ or
>chances of finding a boy/girl friend who shares their taste in clothing.
>Do the balloon way. Weight a helium balloon so that it won't escape and
>release it at the same time and distance above ground as the butterfly.
>Time the flight faster or slower than the balloon. The best time wins.
>Please let me know how it turns out.
>Bill     JayandEstherC at webtv.net
>
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