The Texas Patch Challenge, an idea originated by David Sarkozi. By setting up a Christmas Bird Count size circle around your place of living. That's right, a 7.5 mile radius for which to bird your vent off. As 2013 got revved up. I and a several others became curious as to how many species of birds across the state with in these patches would be seen by their respective "owners" That total turned out to be a whopping 419! Thanks to one living near the beach and a couple of others out in the boonies of the Trans-Pecos. We were able to get the list up above what most of us expected. The list is pasted below. The x next to the birds we got and nothing next to the birds we missed. by looking below, we could use someone living up in the mountains. But, otherwise, a good showing. Now onto 2014! Dell Little Arlington, Texas "Excellent Birds" x Black-belld Whst-Duck x White-tailed Hawk x Great Horned Owl x Green Jay x Yellow Warbler x Fulvous Whistlng-Duck x Zone-tailed Hawk Ferruginus Pygmy-Owl Steller's Jay x Chestnut-sided Warbler x Gr White-fronted Goose x Red-tailed Hawk x Elf Owl x Blue Jay x Blackpoll Warbler x Snow Goose x Ferruginous Hawk x Burrowing Owl x Western Scrub-Jay Black-throated Blue Warblr x Ross's Goose x Rough-legged Hawk Spotted Owl Mexican Jay x Palm Warbler x Brant x Golden Eagle x Barred Owl x American Crow x Pine Warbler x Cackling Goose Yellow Rail x Long-eared Owl x Fish Crow x Yellow-rumped Warbler x Canada Goose x Black Rail x Short-eared Owl x Chihuahuan Raven x Yellow-throated Warblr Tundra Swan x Clapper Rail x Lesser Nighthawk x Common Raven x Prairie Warbler Muscovy Duck (LRGV only) King Rail x Common Nighthawk x Horned Lark Grace's Warbler x Wood Duck x Virginia Rail x Common Pauraque x Purple Martin x Black-throatd Gray Warblr x Gadwall x Sora x Common Poorwill x Tree Swallow x Townsend's Warbler x American Wigeon Purple Gallinule x Chuck-will's-widow x Violet-green Swallow Hermit Warbler x Mallard x Common Gallinule x Eastern Whip-poor-will x N Rough-wingd Swallw x Golden-cheeked Warblr x Mottled Duck x American Coot Mexican Whip-poor-will x Bank Swallow x Blck-throatd Green Wrblr x Blue-winged Teal x Sandhill Crane x Chimney Swift x Cliff Swallow x Canada Warbler x Cinnamon Teal Whooping Crane x White-throated Swift x Cave Swallow x Wilsons Warbler x Northern Shoveler x Black-bellied Plover Magnificent Hmmngbrd x Barn Swallow Red-faced Warbler x Northern Pintail x Americn Golden-Plover Blue-thrtd Hummngbrd x Carolina Chickadee Painted Redstart x Green-winged Teal x Snowy Plover x Lucifer Hummingbird Mountain Chickadee x Yellow-breasted Chat x Canvasback x Wilson's Plover x Ruby-thrtd Hmmngbrd Juniper Titmouse White-collared Seedeater x Redhead x Semipalmated Plover x Blck-chnnd Hmmngbrd x Tufted Titmouse x Olive Sparrow x Ring-necked Duck x Piping Plover x Anna's Hummingbird x Black-crested Titmouse x Green-tailed Towhee x Greater Scaup x Killdeer x Broad-taild Hmmngbrd x Verdin x Spotted Towhee x Lesser Scaup Mountain Plover x Rufous Hummingbird x Bushtit x Eastern Towhee x Surf Scoter x Americn Oystercatcher x Allen's Hummingbird x Red-breasted Nuthatch x Rufous-crownd Sparrw x White-winged Scoter x Black-necked Stilt x Calliope Hummingbird x White-breasted Nuthtch x Canyon Towhee Black Scoter x American Avocet x Broad-billed Hmmngbrd Pygmy Nuthatch x Botteri's Sparrow x Long-tailed Duck x Spotted Sandpiper x Buff-bellied Hmmngbrd Brown-headed Nuthtch x Cassin's Sparrow x Bufflehead x Solitary Sandpiper x Ringed Kingfisher x Brown Creeper Bachman's Sparrow x Common Goldeneye x Greater Yellowlegs x Belted Kingfisher x Rock Wren American Tree Sparrow x Hooded Merganser x Willet x Green Kingfisher x Canyon Wren x Chipping Sparrow x Common Merganser x Lesser Yellowlegs Lewis's Woodpecker x House Wren x Clay-colored Sparrow x Red-breasted Mergansr x Upland Sandpiper x Red-headed Woodpeckr x Winter Wren x Brewer's Sparrow x Ruddy Duck x Whimbrel Acorn Woodpecker x Sedge Wren x Field Sparrow x Plain Chachalaca x Long-billed Curlew x Golden-frntd Woodpckr x Marsh Wren x Black-chinned Sparrow x Scaled Quail x Hudsonian Godwit x Red-bellied Woodpecker x Bewick's Wren x Vesper Sparrow Gambel's Quail x Marbled Godwit Williamson's Sapsuckr x Carolina Wren x Lark Sparrow x Northern Bobwhite x Ruddy Turnstone x Yellow-belld Sapsuckr x Cactus Wren x Black-throated Sparrow Montezuma Quail Red Knot x Red-naped Sapsucker x Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x Sage Sparrow x Ring-necked Pheasant x Sanderling x Ladder-bckd Woodpckr Black-tailed Gnatcatchr x Lark Bunting Greater Prairie-Chicken x Semipalmated Sandpiper x Downy Woodpecker x Golden-crownd Kinglet x Savannah Sparrow Lesser Prairie-Chicken x Western Sandpiper x Hairy Woodpecker x Ruby-crowned Kinglet x Grasshopper Sparrow x Wild Turkey x Least Sandpiper Red-cockaded Woodpckr x Eastern Bluebird Baird's Sparrow Red-throated Loon x White-rumpd Sandpipr x Northern Flicker x Western Bluebird x Henslow's Sparrow Pacific Loon x Baird's Sandpiper x Pileated Woodpecker x Mountain Bluebird x Le Conte's Sparrow x Common Loon x Pectoral Sandpiper x Crested Caracara x Townsend's Solitaire Nelson's Sparrow x Least Grebe x Dunlin x American Kestrel x Veery x Seaside Sparrow x Pied-billed Grebe x Stilt Sandpiper x Merlin x Gray-cheeked Thrush x Fox Sparrow x Horned Grebe x Buff-breastd Sandpiper x Aplomado Falcon x Swainson's Thrush x Song Sparrow x Eared Grebe x Short-billed Dowitcher x Peregrine Falcon x Hermit Thrush x Lincoln's Sparrow x Western Grebe x Long-billed Dowitcher x Prairie Falcon x Wood Thrush x Swamp Sparrow x Clark's Grebe x Wilson's Snipe x Monk Parakeet x Clay-colored Thrush x White-throatd Sparrow Cory's Shearwater x American Woodcock Green Parakeet x American Robin x Harris's Sparrow Audubon's Shearwater x Wilson's Phalarope x Red-crowned Parrot x Varied Thrush x White-crowned Sparrow Band-rmpd Strm-Petrel x Red-necked Phalarope N Beardless-Tyrannulet x Gray Catbird x Dark-eyed Junco x Wood Stork Sabine's Gull x Olive-sided Flycatcher x Northern Mockingbird x Hepatic Tanager x Magnificent Frigatebird x Bonaparte's Gull x Greater Pewee x Sage Thrasher x Summer Tanager Masked Booby Little Gull x Western Wood-Pewee x Brown Thrasher x Scarlet Tanager Northern Gannet x Laughing Gull x Eastern Wood-Pewee x Long-billed Thrasher x Western Tanager x Neotropic Cormorant x Franklin's Gull x Yellow-bellied Flycatcher x Curve-billed Thrasher x Northern Cardinal x Double-crstd Cormornt x Ring-billed Gull x Acadian Flycatcher x Crissal Thrasher x Pyrrhuloxia x Anhinga California Gull x Alder Flycatcher x European Starling x Rose-breasted Grosbeak x American White Pelican x Herring Gull x Willow Flycatcher x American Pipit x Black-headed Grosbeak x Brown Pelican x Thayer's Gull x Least Flycatcher x Sprague's Pipit x Blue Grosbeak x American Bittern x Lesser Black-backed Gull Hammond's Flycatcher x Cedar Waxwing x Lazuli Bunting x Least Bittern Glaucous Gull x Gray Flycatcher x Phainopepla x Indigo Bunting x Great Blue Heron x Great Black-backed Gull x Dusky Flycatcher x Lapland Longspur x Varied Bunting x Great Egret Sooty Tern x Cordilleran Flycatcher x Chestnt-collrd Longspr x Painted Bunting x Snowy Egret Bridled Tern x Black Phoebe Smith's Longspur x Dickcissel x Little Blue Heron x Least Tern x Eastern Phoebe x McCown's Longspur x Bobolink x Tricolored Heron x Gull-billed Tern x Say's Phoebe x Ovenbird x Red-winged Blackbird x Reddish Egret x Caspian Tern x Vermilion Flycatcher x Worm-eating Warblr x Eastern Meadowlark x Cattle Egret x Black Tern Dusky-capped Flycatcher x Louisiana Waterthrush x Western Meadowlark x Green Heron Common Tern x Ash-throated Flycatchr x Northern Waterthrush x Yellow-headed Blackbrd x Black-crwn Nght-Heron x Forster's Tern x Great Crested Flycatchr x Golden-winged Warbler x Rusty Blackbird x Yllw-crwnd Nght-Heron x Royal Tern x Brown-crested Flyctchr x Blue-winged Warbler x Brewer's Blackbird x White Ibis x Sandwich Tern x Great Kiskadee x Black and white Warblr x Common Grackle x Glossy Ibis x Black Skimmer x Sulpher-bellied Flycatcher x Prothonotary Warbler x Boat-tailed Grackle x White-faced Ibis Pomarine Jaeger x Tropical Kingbird x Swainsons Warbler x Great-tailed Grackle x Roseate Spoonbill Parasitic Jaeger x Couch's Kingbird x Tennessee Warbler x Bronzed Cowbird x Black Vulture x Rock Pigeon x Cassin's Kingbird x Orange-crowned Wrblr x Brown-headed Cowbird x Turkey Vulture Red-billed Pigeon x Western Kingbird Colima's Warbler x Orchard Oriole x Osprey Band-tailed Pigeon x Eastern Kingbird Lucy's Warbler x Hooded Oriole Hook-billed Kite x Eurasion Collard Dove x Scissor-tailed Flycatchr x Nashville Warbler x Bullock's Oriole x Swallow-tailed Kite x White-winged Dove x Loggerhead Shrike Virginia's Warbler x Altamira Oriole x White-tailed Kite x Mourning Dove Northern Shrike x MacGillivray's Warbler x Audubon's Oriole x Mississippi Kite x Inca Dove x White-eyed Vireo x Mourning Warbler x Baltimore Oriole x Bald Eagle x Common Ground-Dove x Bell's Vireo x Kentucky Warbler x Scott's Oriole x Northern Harrier x White-tipped Dove x Black-capped Vireo x Common Yellowthroat Purple Finch x Sharp-shinned Hawk x Yellow-billed Cuckoo Gray Vireo x Hooded Warbler Cassin's Finch x Cooper's Hawk Black-billed Cuckoo x Yellow-throated Vireo x American Redstart x House Finch Common Black-Hawk x Greater Roadrunner x Plumbeous Vireo x Cape May Warbler x Red Crossbill x Harris's Hawk x Groove-billed Ani x Cassin's Vireo x Cerulean Warbler x Pine Siskin x Red-shouldered Hawk x Barn Owl x Blue-headed Vireo x Northern Parula x Lesser Goldfinch x Broad-winged Hawk x Flammulated Owl x Hutton's Vireo x Tropical Parula x American Goldfinch Gray Hawk x Western Screech-Owl x Warbling Vireo x Magnolia Warbler x Evening Grosbeak x 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