You are not supposed to travel.....
Judy
-----------------------------------------From: "Susan Foster"
To: lincwinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: "david@xxxxxxxxxxx", "TexBirds"
Sent: Monday March 23 2020 9:24:10AM
Subject: [texbirds] Re: Texas Local Patch Challenge.
Somehow my patch ended up on the border of Sweden and Norway. Susan
FosterRockport
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On Mar 23, 2020, at 8:03 AM, Linda and Winston Caillouet wrote:
Hi David and other Patch Challengers,
Count me in your Texas Local Patch Challenge.I used Mapdevelopers.com
to draw a circle around my home in Frisco, Texas and was surprised to
see that the vast majority of my local birding spots are in my circle.
Included in my circle are hotspots LLELA and Stewart Creek, Lake
(Park), Westlake and Willow Grove parks, all bordering Lake
Lewisville. I was surprised to find that I have 109 species in my
patch so far this year.Let’s go birding.Winston Caillouet
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On Mar 22, 2020, at 10:11 PM, Holly Platz wrote:
Hi all,
David, I think this is a great idea. This is perfect timing for me
too, I've been walking the Greenbelt behind my house more often the
past month or two so I've already been excited about birding near my
house and this will help more.
I used the "Count Circle" app on my iPhone to make my patch, and was
excited to see some really good birding hotspots that are in my patch.
So far I just have 29 species for the year, but for "life" in my patch
I have 61 -- and currently that's with only two locations in my patch.
To increase my patch numbers, I am going to submit more eBird lists
for "incidental" species when I'm out and about (since often I'll be
in my patch anyway while running errands), and also make an effort to
go out birding more often in my patch.
I'll be joining your Patch Facebook group too, but I'm all for sharing
updates with each other on Texbirds from time to time too.
Thanks!
Holly PlatzSan Antonio
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 7:08 PM Clay Taylor wrote:
Hi David –
OK, I agree – we need a decent challenge for COVID (Stay At Home)
Birding. Time to dust off my Patch.
However, the list I keep will ONLY be my observations – I am not
going to let eBirders do the work for me. If I were going to use the
eBird sightings to populate the Patch List, why bother to go out
myself?
Clay Taylor
TOS Life Member
Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX
401-964-9064
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[mailto:texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [3]] ON BEHALF OF David Sarkozi
SENT: Sunday, March 22, 2020 11:36 AM
TO: TexBirds
SUBJECT: [texbirds] Texas Local Patch Challenge.
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
[5]https://www.facebook.com/groups/texaslocalpatchchallenge/ [6] 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?
--
David Sarkozi
Houston, TX
(713) 412-4409 twitter ID dsarkozi
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