[texbirds] Re: Bird Local - Texas Local Patch Challenge 2014
- From: Robert White <glqman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 09:48:58 -0800 (PST)
David: Thanks for getting this started last year. I discovered several great
places to bird near my home, where I was able to spend the odd 45 minutes when
I had it to spare. I got 144 species in my north Harris County patch, but what
and where I found them surprised me. Who knew that Roseate Spoonbills were so
common this far from the coast? I think a pair even bred about a mile from my
house.
To everyone else, if you do participate, please follow the directions in e-bird
for how to set up a patch and include specific locations. I noticed a couple
of patches in my area where there was only one location, a 7.5 mile radius
circle centered on someone's home. This relegates e-bird to nothing more
than a personal list notepad.
If you want to see your just-entered list updated in your patch, go to the
explore data - patch totals page. Select [edit] your list, even if the
location is already part of it. Save it and your patch is immediately updated.
My modest number gives me a target to shoot for in 2014. I'm going to go
get started right now.
-Bob White
Spring, TX
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