[texbirds] 2013 Local Patch Challenge
- From: David Sarkozi <david@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 12:54:47 -0600
I would like to challenge others to an interesting game for 2013, I'll call
it the Local Patch Challenge. Pretty simple, how many species can you find
in a 7.5 mile radius circle around your residence. If you have more than
one "residence" that's fine, do either or both. The idea is to see what you
can find close to home without out burning a tank of gas.
There are several ways to find whats inside the circle around your home,
just Google "draw circle google maps" and you can find several tools to do
that. An easy one I found was http://obeattie.github.com/gmaps-radius/
Not every circle is going to be competitive with every circle, this is
mostly about what you can do. No everyone can generate the species totals
of folk like Clay Taylor and Brush Freeman can with their locals, but most
of use would be surprised with what is in 7.5 miles of our homes
(essentially a CBC circle around your home). In fact I would like to
through down a challenge to Brush and Clay directly to participate just to
make it interesting. Out In West Texas, I'd love to see Carolyn include her
Oasis, and Heidi to participate. Love to get "Fat Tony" on board too! Susan
Schaezler you should do this too,
I don't think one needs to post every bird you find to TEXBIRDS, but
certainly those interesting birds you find and milestones like 100. 150,
200 species would interest many. I know many OCD types like myself would
like to see lists though, so to keep the chatter to those most interested I
did start an open Facebook Group call "Texas Local Patch Challenge" where
you can post all you want.
eBird.org hase some good tools for keep track of what you find in your
patch. Just go to "Explore Data" in the top tool bar, then select "Patch
Totals" in the right hand box. Then click on Add Patch and select the
locations in your patch. eBird will keep your patch total for you.
What are you waiting for, 2013 has already started!
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David Sarkozi
Houston, TX
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