[texbirds] Re: The 2015 Games
- From: "Stephen Gast" <dmarc-noreply-modpost@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "segast23@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: "fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx" <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>, "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 18:42:13 +0000 (UTC)
I strongly support such biodiversity listing games and most especially in
focused areas that are protected or threatened and about which the resident
biodiversity is under-appreciated or undocumented.
I have thoroughly enjoyed doing such around the Katy Prairie Conservancy lands
in Waller and West Harris County. I have even started learning grasses!
The British have long been such 'patch watchers' and the data gathered and
recorded over the years are as invaluable as our time-honored Christmas Bird
Counts.
If you aren't already an eBird user - please adopt a New Year's Resolution to
begin, and make your records count! Adopt a patch. Â Steve GastHouston,
Texassegast23@xxxxxxxxxÂ
From: Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 10:56 AM
Subject: [texbirds] The 2015 Game - A double header
Greetings All:
My 2015 game with myself is to see how many species of butterfly,
amphibian, reptile, bird, and mammal I can rack up along the Canyon Lakes
of Lubbock, starting with Buddy Holly Park at the upstream end and ending
at the intersection of the Brazos River and Loop 289 at the downstream end
- Loop 289 to Loop 289; seven miles of riparian corridor in the heart of
Lubbock County, with the nested challenge of seeing how many of these
species I can document with my new camera. My goals are 50 species of
butterfly, 5 species of amphibian, 10 species of reptile, 200 species of
bird, and 10 species of mammal - and I am hoping for 90%, overall,
documented by camera.
My 2015 game with the honorable Mr. Kostecke: how many birds can we get in
the roughly comparable (assuming my region gets rain this year) Devine Lake
Park in his county and Clapp Park in my county. If my region doesn't get
much in the way of rain during 2015, this won't even be a contest. If my
region does get rain during 2015, it could be another nail-biter. I have
no idea what either of our goals are at this point - the sites are
comparable in terms of eBird totals but both are heavily birded and it took
several highly variable years to get those tallies where they are - but
will get those settled fairly soon.
We are both agreed that it will be a nice change to be sticking a bit
closer to home.
I think Rich might well have gotten his first visit to his site in already
- something about chasing a longspur of some kind. My first visit will be,
with any luck, this weekend. I will post updates on a monthly basis.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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