So Tony, what ya gonna do? Bird all eight and count the best? (duckin' & runnin') ;) [texbirds] The Hewetson:Kostecke update * /From/: Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx> * /To/: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx> * /Date/: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:33:45 -0600 Greetings All: It is coming down to the wire and things are a lot closer than anybody predicted. At the end of November we were tied at 296 (Rich discovered another species that he had forgotten to put on his list way back when). Since then Kostecke has added Pyrrhuloxia and Purple Finch to his Austin-centered region, bringing him up to 298. Since then Hewetson has added Le Conte's Sparrow, Short-eared Owl, and Dunlin (of all things) to his Lubbock-centered region, bringing him up to - drum roll, please - 299. The two of us have entered into a gentleman's agreement that we will only throw three more full days of birding into our regions as one of us has only three free days available and the other didn't want to win by virtue of being able to bird sixteen hours a day for the next eight days:) Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds 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