Greetings All: The Lubbock County CBC will be held on 20 December 2014. Participants will meet with their team leaders at 7:30 AM, teams will bird until 5:00 PM (some teams will be birding for shorter periods of time), and folk will meet up at my place for a potluck supper and countdown at 5:00 PM - countdown to start promptly at 6:00 PM. Each team will have an experienced leader and birders of all ages and all experience levels are welcome AND useful. I need at least eight team leaders and am hoping to have an average of three participants (or more) per team. Currently I have: Team 1 - Eastern edge & Ransom Lake - VACANT Team 2 - City Farms - Anthony Hewetson Team 3 - V8 Ranch and Buffalo Springs Lake - Cameron Carver, Craig Carver Team 4 - The South - Tom Dolan Team 5 - The Northwest Corner - Rob Lee Team 6 - Canyon Lakes - Phillip Kite Team 7 - In the Loop, East - William Wenthe, Janice Whittington Team 8 - In the Loop, West - VACANT The Muleshoe NWR CBC will be held on 21 December 2014. Participants will meet at Muleshoe NWR headquarters at 7:30 PM, teams will bird until about noon, and folk will meet up back at headquarters for a potluck lunch and countdown at noon. I need at least four team leaders and, again, am hoping for at least three participants per team. Currently I have: Team 1 - Paul's Lakes - Anthony Hewetson Team 2 - HQ & White Lakes - Phillip Kite, Jim Crites Team 3 - Goose Lakes and Rim - Cameron Carver, Craig Carver Team 4 - Atop the Rim - Rob Lee, Tom Dolan The White River Lake CBC will be held on 3 January 2015. We meet up at the White River Lake Marina at 7:30 AM, bird until 4:30 or so, and then have a hot supper and countdown at the marina. I need at least five team leaders and really need at least two participants per team. Currently I have: Team 1 - The Eastern Edge - Anthony Hewetson Team 2 - The Great White North - Rich Kostecke Team 3 - The Lake, East Side - Phillip Kite Team 4 - The Lake, West Side - Rob Lee Team 5 - The Western Edge - VACANT Every team will have an experienced leader and every team could use as many eyes, ears, and hands as can be had. Birders at all experience levels are needed and birders at all experience levels will be, as mentioned before, useful. If you are interested in participating, let me know. If you need more information, let me know. Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson CBC Compiler Lllano Estacado Audubon Society fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx 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