Alrighty, then David:
I'm always game for a game so I went ahead and figured out how many
species I have within a 7.5 mile radius of home - 89. I have 122 in
my county for the year but a bunch of those were seen while chasing a
Northern Shrike that was outside the radius that David has selected.
This will give me a little bit of enthusiasm to, between trying to get
birds in my yard and entering historical eBird data, get out and hit
the local hotspots.
Anthony Hewetson; Lubbock
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 11:37 AM David Sarkozi <david@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I think its time for another Texas Local Patch Challenge. We had one in 2016
where the goal was how many species could you find in your local patch. We
defined a local patch as a 7.5 mile radius circle centered on your home (same
as a CBC circle). Its a great way to discover fun birding locations close to
home.
In 2016 I set up a FB group for this interested in the challenge at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/texaslocalpatchchallenge/ why There we share ;
some of our fun discoveries and of immediate interest ways to draw a circle
so you know on a google map what's in your patch.
eBird has feature called Patch Totals (Explore tab) Great a patch using the
public and personal hotspots that are in your patch and eBird does all the
work on keeping the totals for you.
Stay safe, stay close to home, and have some fun, eBird says I'm already at
85 species in my local patch for 2020. What's your total?
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David Sarkozi
Houston, TX
(713) 412-4409 twitter ID dsarkozi
