Congratulations on a positive and uplifting effort! On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 1:16 AM, Ron Weeks <ronweeks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > TexBirders, > Now that I have Team Sapsucker's attention... I will add that this was a > "Green" > Big Day record done largely on bicycles. John Hale of College Station and > I > logged over 71 miles on our bikes and another 5 or so on foot on April > 20th (now > yesterday). Our route included Double Bayou Park, Anahuac NWR, High > Island, > Rollover Pass and Bolivar Flats. We tallied 22 warblers and 32 shorebirds > (including the Ruff) to record 181 species. We believe this to be a > new record > for a Big Day using only human power. The currently published record (see > http://greenbigday.org) was 161 species set in CA - supposedly 170 was > topped > earlier this year also in CA. We did this under ABA and Birding > Classic rules > meaning no playback and no lights. Special thanks to Joe Kennedy who > was my > primary consultant as I laid out the route - I swear he he knows evey bird > by > name in Chambers and Galveston counties. More details later. > > Ron Weeks > Lake Jackson > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission > from the List Owner > > > -- Jim Sinclair (TX-ESA) TOS Life Member Kingsville, TX "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner