Greetings All: The Lubbock County Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, 14 December 2013. Groups will meet up with their team leaders at times and points arranged by said leaders. Folk will bird until 5:00 at which point they will head on over to my place for a potluck supper (I provide the main course) and countdown. I need at least 16 people, including 8 leaders, to get this count done and thus far have: Area One: Northeast and Ransom Lake - Graham Floyd, Randy Floyd Area Two: North Central - Anthony Hewetson Area Three: V8 Ranch & Buffalo Springs Lake - Manuel De Leon, Juan Senz, Craig Carver Area Four: South Central - William Wenthe Area Five: Northwest - Rob Lee Area Six: Canyon Lakes - Phillip Kite, Rich Damron, Peter Keyel, Area Seven: East Parks and Playas - Aveline Hewetson, Jeanne Davis, Inez Lintz, Paula Richardson, Tess Trost Area Eight: West Parks and Playas - Susan Bergeson, Jim Bertrand, Danny Hancock PLEASE NOTE: I COULD STILL USE TWO MORE OBSERVERS FOR THIS COUNT The Muleshoe NWR Christmas Bird Count will be held on Sunday, 15 December 2013. We meet at refuge headquarters at 7:30 AM, bird until noon (this is an area restricted count - doesn't take a lot of time), and then meet back at headquarters for a potluck lunch and countdown. I need at least 8 people, including 4 leaders, to get this count done and thus far have: Area One: Paul's Lakes - Anthony Hewetson, Peter Keyel Area Two: Goose Lakes - Jim Crites, Aveline Hewetson, Graham Floyd, Randy Floyd Area Three: Northern Highlands - Phillip Kite, Aaron Kite, Rob Lee, Barrett Pierce Area Four: White Lakes and Headquarters - Manuel De Leon, Susan Bergeson, Jim Bertrand, Mary Anderson The White River Lake CBC will be held on Saturday, 28 December 2013. We meet at the White River Lake Marina at 7:30 AM, bird until 5:00 PM, and then meet back up at the marina for a hot supper and countdown. I need at least 10 people, including 5 leaders, to get this count done and thus far have: Area One: Southeast and East - Anthony Hewetson Area Two: The Great North Woodlands - Rich Kostecke, Cameron Carver? Area Three: East Lake - Phillip Kite, George Jury Area Four: West Lake - Manuel De Leon, Area Five: Southwest and West - Rob Lee PLEASE NOTE: I STILL NEED AT LEAST FOUR COUNTERS - TO STRENGTHEN ROUTES CURRENTLY BEING RUN SOLO AND TO ADEQUATELY COVER THE LAKE ITSELF - FOR THE WHITE RIVER LAKE CBC. If you are interested in participating in these counts please contact me by e-mail (anthony.hewetson@xxxxxxxxxx) or by phone (806-252-1213) and I will fill you in on any needed details and put you, to the best of my abilities, where you want to be. Anthony Hewetson, Christmas Bird County Compiler Llano Estacado Audubon Society anthony.hewetson@xxxxxxxxxx 806-252-1213 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