2015 Califonia chapter data contest winners

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2015 Califonia chapter data contest winners

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Sorry this took so long ! :beer:

Total Points:

1. Robert and Nicholas Hess - 2134
2. Brian Hubbs - 2119
3. Matt Gruen - 2047
4. Keith Condon - 1086
5. James Maughn - 1064
6. Lawrence Erickson - 758
7. Jeff Teel - 741
8. Jeff Nordland - 632
9. Marc Linsalata - 485
10. Brian Hinds - 443
11. Cody Merylees - 390
12. Zach Lim - 389
13. Nathan Smith - 317
14. Owen Holt - 314
15. Steve Zimmerman - 293





Total Entries:

1. Robert and Nicholas Hess - 1714
2. Brian Hubbs - 1628
3. Matt Gruen - 1391
4. James Maughn - 757
5. Keith Condon - 668
6. Jeff Teel - 481
7. Lawrence Erickson - 456
8. Jeff Nordland - 384
9. Brian Hinds - 245
10. Cody Merrylees - 228


Total counties:

1. Brian Hubbs - 28
2. Lawrene Erickson - 22
3. Keith Condon - 21
4. Steve Zimmerman - 14
5. Jonathan Hakim - 13
and Zach Lim - 13

Total Species:

1. Matt Gruen - 67
2. Robert and Nicholas Hess - 63
3. Jeff Nordland - 61
4. Keith Condon - 56
5. James Maughn - 53
6. Steve Zimmerman - 51
7. Cody Merrylees - 48
8. Lawrence Erickson - 46
and Jeff Teel - 46
9. Marc Linsalata - 44
10. Owen Holt - 43

County Records -

1. Jason Hull - 6
2. Brian Hubbs - 5
3. Matt Gruen - 4
and Jonathan Hakim - 4
and Elliot Schoenig - 4
4. the followinpeople all got 2 Co. Records: RJ Adams,Keith Condon,John Delgado, Lawrence Erickson,Jared Heald,Debbie House, and Luke Talltree -2


DOR Records:

1. Matt Gruen - 208
2. Keith Condon - 130
3. Marc Linsalata - 74
4. Jeff Teel - 65
5. Lawrence Erickson - 64
6. Jeff Nordland - 53
7. Debbie House - 37
8. Stacy Schenkel - 32
9. Brian Hinds - 24
10. Cody Merrylees and
Nathan Smith - 17

2015 County Records:

1. Brian Hubbs - 82
2. Matt Gruen - 75
3. James Maughn - 68
4. Zach Lim - 59
5. Keith Condon - 51
6. Marc Linsalata - 40
7. Lawrence Erickson - 39
8. Owen Holt - 37
9. Jonathan Hakim -36
10.Robert and Nicholas Hess and
Brian Hinds - 32


2015 Personal County Records:

1. Matt Gruen - 166
2. Keith Condon - 136
3. James Maughn - 132
4. Brian Hubbs - 127
5. Robert and Nicholas Hess - 121
6. Lawrence Erickson -102
7. Brian Hinds and
Marc Linsalata and
Jeff Nordland - 93
8. Zach Lim - 89
9. Steve Zimmeman - 85
10. Cody Merrylees and
Jeff Teel - 74


25+ Records

1. Robert and Nicholas Hess - 43
2. Brian Hubbs - 40
3. Matt Gruen - 24
4. Jeff Teel - 8
5. James Maughn - 6


Congrats to everyone who made it on one of these lists!!! :thumb: :thumb:
We Entered 10,560 Records in 2015 Awesome Job Everyone :thumb: :thumb: :beer:
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Thanks for posting this Matt, that's a lot of number crunching. Good to see we broke that 10,000 mark!
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Dang-it. Another 1,000 fence lizards and I coulda won this thing :lol: :lol: Matt, Hubbs, and the Hess men have way to much time on their hands :thumb:

I'm gonna claim at least a half on one of Debbie's county records since I was driving :P

Tanks Matt :beer:

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"Thank you Matt" for putting this together. I know how much effort it is, as I have done it many times. :thumb: :lol:

Way to go Nicholas!!!!!!! :thumb: Young man I am very proud of you. You have come a long way kiddo!! :beer: :thumb:

Nice job on the DOR's and species Matt.

along with Jason Hull winning the HERP county record portion.


PS That Hubbs guy did, ok, too!!

Nice job everyone, and thank you for your valued and "important" contributions.

Sincerely
Brian Hinds
California Chapter President
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It's great to see that there's still a solid core of people contributing to HERP.

Thank you everyone.
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It's nice to see a couple ladies on the lists. I know Debbie and Stacy and will make sure to guilt them into doing better this year ;)

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Way to go CA Chapter!

I can't believe that Nicholas and Robert took down the reigning champ, by a narrow margin. Great job racking up so many frogs and toads last year!

Matt G.: recording 200+ DOR's shows serious dedication man! I drive by half of the DOR's I see because I'm too tired, or in a hurry to get somewhere, or whatever excuse I can think of at the time. Great species count too!

Let's keep it up this year as well everyone 8-)

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Thanks, Matt, for doing the math for all of us. I know it's a LOT of work.

It was a close race in the end indeed. Nicholas was sitting on hundreds of records for several months without showing much motivation to enter them - until Brian Hubbs started entering again. :lol: So, the contest is still serving its purpose. It does motivate some of us to enter more data.

I also want to call attention to Cody Merylees, who placed 11th for total points, right between Brian Hinds and Zach Lim. According to my (probably bad) math, Cody is 18 now and graduating from HS this year. Or maybe he graduated last year. In any event, he has come a long way since he first joined this forum and I am continuously impressed by his finds. Way to go, Cody!

Overall, it's amazing how many records the CA chapter, a relatively small group when it comes right down to it, was able to enter again this year. Aside from the sheer quantity, I am sure there were also a number of qualitatively important finds, e.g., new county records, (near) range extensions, etc. (though at least right off the bat I can't think of any important finds Nicholas and I made - we specialize mostly in fence lizards and utas :lol: ).

To celebrate the successful year that 2015 was, it might be nice to share some of those finds in this thread. Just throw up a picture of the herp and explain where (county) it was found or even just post the link to the HERP record.

Robert
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To celebrate the successful year that 2015 was, it might be nice to share some of those finds in this thread. Just throw up a picture of the herp and explain where (county) it was found or even just post the link to the HERP record.
I picked up a number of personal and county records in Mono in 2015. Some of my favorites were sidewinder, Panamint Alligator, blind snake, and Chuckwalla. :D

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Congrats to the Hess boys again! Nicholas is tough competition. However, and you knew there would be a however, I don't have cataracts anymore. I think this year might be different. I might get to herp all year, instead of just 7 months...But, I might just sit it out and let the rest of you battle... :lol: It would be nice to see some real heated competition like in the old days. Keep up the good work. :thumb:

I think this year I will concentrate on pond turtles...I think I'll enter 1,000 pond turtle pics. :lol:
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