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What is the Texas Century Club PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Sarkozi   
Monday, 24 March 2008 16:05

What is the Texas Century Club?

Blackburnian Warbler at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge

The Texas Century Club is a challenge sponsored by the Texas Ornithological Society to its members to record 100 species of birds in 100 Texas counties. Texas is big (254 counties) and most birders probably spend the majority of their time in less than 20 Texas counties. This is just under 8% of Texas counties!.

To stimulate the exploration of the birdlife in the other 92% of Texas counties The Texas Century Club was created. The idea is to get birders to record the birds in more than the traditional hot spots. To "bird your own patch". To explore the road less traveled.

There are several levels of award; 5, 10, 25, 50 and 75 counties before you reach the ultimate goal of 100 species in 100 counties. The five county award level is open to all birders. The higher levels of awards are open only to Texas Ornithological Society Members

Achieving 100 counties will take hard work and dedication, but its going to be fun. You'll find all birds become important to you, no more "trash birds". You'll see more and explore more of the state than you ever dreamed.

Join me, it's going to be fun!

David Sarkozi

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 May 2009 12:07
 
County Totals PDF Print E-mail
Written by John B / David S   
Friday, 28 March 2008 22:41

How Many Birds Have been Reported in Each County?

All County Totals Updated Feb 6, 2011 (Click on Read More below). Partial update 12/15/11

eBird is just about the only source of recent consolidated records available to everyone.  A record 7,621 complete checklists were submitted in Texas to ebird in April, 2011. eBird also does a very good job of keeping your personal county records.

Below are 3 maps of Texas colored by number of species reported to Ebird. Counties in Blue have 200+ species reported. Counties in Green have 100-199 species reported. Counties in   Yellow have 25-99 species reported. Counties in White have 0-24 species reported.

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Oct 12, 2009

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July 3, 2008

 

Below is a table of the total species reported to each of the 254 counties through eBird.  At bottom see list of counties categorized by number of species reported.

243 Counties (96% of Texas Counties) have added species since Oct, 2009!
Last Updated on Sunday, 15 April 2012 14:49
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Most and Least Birded Counties PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Sarkozi   
Wednesday, 02 April 2008 10:23

What are the most birded counties in Texas?

Update Oct 11, 2009-JB (Partial update 12/15/11)

 

Thirty (as shown above as of 10/11/09) counties have more than 300 species reported to ebird; Aransas, Bell, Bexar, Brazoria, Brewster, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Hidalgo, Hunt, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, Rains, Randall, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Tarrant, Travis, Uvalde, Van Zandt, Williamson

What are the least birded counties in Texas?

 (as of 11/13/12) Glasscock County has the fewest (78) species reported to ebird

However there are still THREE (as of 11/13/12) counties with fewer than 100 species reported: Crane (91), Dawson (111), Gaines (113), Glasscock (78), Irion (119), Reagan (100), Sterling (109), Upton (96), Winkler (105)

What's Possible?

I think that's a very interesting question. I've no doubt that 100 species is possible in every county. 251(upd11/13/12) counties have more than 100 species reported already. Is 200 possible in all counties? 94 (upd 10/11/09) counties already have more than 200 species reported.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:03
 
254 County List Leaders PDF Print E-mail
Written by John Berner   
Thursday, 03 July 2008 17:25

Below is the top lister for each county in Texas. Texas' 254 counties are separated below into 8 Regional Groups. Please go the Regions Tab or click on an individual region below for other top listers in each county along with total species observed and birding locations. 

Nov-Dec 2012 Changes in Blue (Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)(upd 12/24/12)

Dec 2011-Feb 2012 changes in Brown

Sep-Oct 2011 changes in Black  

Jan-Mar 2011 Changes in Red

2010 changes in Lt Green.

2009 Changes in Purple.  

2008 Leader Changes in Pink.

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1.PANHANDLE . 
CountyLeader#
AndrewsBreden151
ArmstrongPierce120
BaileyHewetson262
BordenHewetson125
BriscoeHewetson163
CarsonPierce124
CastroHewetson137
ChildressSurber113
CochranHewetson200
Collingsworth 
Dillon122
CottleSurber120
CrosbyHewetson279
DallamPierce142
DawsonHewetson133
Deaf SmithHewetson107
DickensHewetson221
DonleyPierce226
FisherHewetson135
FloydHewetson216
GainesHewetson124
GarzaHewetson209
GrayPierce160
HaleHewetson211
HallSurber/ Hewetson110
HansfordPierce141
HartleyPierce162
HemphillPierce167
HockleyHewetson204
HowardBumgardner148
HutchinsonPierce181
JonesJ.Packer190
KentHewetson209
KingHewetson123
LambHewetson202
LipscombPierce103
LubbockHewetson377
LynnHewetson224
MartinLupardus113
MitchellHewetson157
MoorePierce207
MotleyHewetson213
NolanPacker153
Ochiltree

L. Brown

115
OldhamPierce131
ParmerHewetson119
PotterPierce209
RandallPierce312
RobertsHewetson102
ScurryHewetson149
ShermanPierce107
StonewallHewetson127
SwisherHewetson126
TaylorJ.Packer269
TerryHewetson206
WheelerHewetson107
YoakumHewetson200

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2.NO._CENTRAL . 
CountyLeader#
ArcherLofland216
BaylorSurber133
CallahanJ.Packer142
ClayLofland150
CollinGuernsey229
CookeSurber172
DallasRunk284
DentonL Brown237
EastlandHewetson
117
EllisDrozdowski230
ErathC. Smith131
FanninGuernsey163
FoardSurber167
GraysonChiles305
Hardeman S Wellborn211
HaskellHewetson116
HoodSchat113
HuntKinney302
JackL. Brown135
JohnsonEasley317
KaufmanR.Stone250
KnoxHewetson130
MontagueSurber 117
Palo PintoL. Brown
141
ParkerMcCumber140
Rockwall

L Brown

117
Shackelford Packer142
SomervellEasley218
StephensG.Cook128
TarrantCurrie282
ThrockmortonGlover174
WichitaLofland221
Wilbarger Surber279
WiseMary Curry203
YoungLittle116
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3.PINEYWOODS . 
CountyLeader#
AndersonLittle/Currie142
AngelinaR.Schaefer121
Bowie Dillon201
CampD.Brotherton152
Cass.Dillon186
CherokeeD.Brotherton113
DeltaBaltzegar165
Franklin D.Brotherton155
Gregg L.G.Price183
Hardin MacKinnon167
HarrisonDillon206
Henderson Belssner222
Hopkins DBrotherton151
Houston

D. Green

103
JasperFrank167
Lamar McCumber

167

LibertyKessler203
Marion.Dillon182
Montgomery Kessler160
Morris LBrotherton175
Nacogdoches
C.Wells216
NewtonD&L Brotherton100
Orange Mayes149
Panola L G Price166
PolkBerner133
RainsKinney302
Red River D Brotherton151
Rusk P Harding209
SabineL&D Brotherton102
San Augustine. Schaefer131
San JacintoKessler159
ShelbyL G Price139
SmithBarnes255
Titus L Brotherton174
Trinty D. Green /L&D Brotherton
101
TylerFrank112

Upshur 

D Brotherton

165

Van Zandt Kinney317
WalkerBerthoud135
WoodBarnes185

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4.TRANS_PECOS . 
CountyLeader#
BrewsterOhl298
CraneHewetson 102
CulbersonHewetson135
EctorHewetson112
El Paso.Zimmer401
Hudspeth.Zimmer301
Jeff Davis C. Ohl198
LovingHewetson121
Midland Lupardus191
PecosL Brown120
PresidioOhl/Burns147
ReevesC. Ohl218
Terrell  Merkord134
Upton Hewetson100
WardHewetson116
WinklerHewetson118

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5.EDWRDS_PLAT ; 
CountyLeader#
BanderaHood209
Bexar Rejzek351
Blanco Lineham180
BurnetStone246
CokePacker163
Comal D. Green254
Concho Dale128
Crockett Hewetson124
Edwards J. Roberts110
Gillespie Kessler119
GlasscockHewetson105
Hays S. Ramirez217
Irion Hewetson106
Kendall Stillwell215
Kerr Collins220
Kimble RHelton212
Kinney Calk212
Llano Fennell249
Mason Feuerbacher186
McCulloch Kostecke145
Medina Hemphill220
MenardHewetson114
ReaganHewetson111
Real Davenport148
Runnels J. Packer127
San Saba Bessent174
Schleicher S.Johnson181
Sterling Hewetson
103
Sutton Stone126
Tom Green JPacker224
Travis Sexton350
Uvalde Heindel

320 

Val Verde Gustafson177

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6.CENTAL_PRAIR ; 
CountyLeader#
BastropGravenstein242
BellKostecke306
BosqueGlover121
Brazos Hibbits242
BrownNims212
BurlesonStone147
CaldwellStone176
ColemanPacker155
Comanche C.Smith119
Coryell Kostecke261
DeWitt Muschalek302
Falls K.Williams111
Fayette Gravenstein193
Freestone Barnes239
Gonzales Stone141
GrimesVollert175
Guadalupe Schaezler288
Hamilton Chisholm109
Hill Hassell154
Karnes Muschalek263
Lampasas Hodges230
Lavaca K.Hartman
157
Lee H. Brown269
Leon K.Arnold111
Limestone L. Brown117
MadisonBello103
McLennan Bumgardner305
Milam Stone137
MillsHewetson125
NavarroLittle193
Robertson Kostecke129
Washington Vollert>300
Williamson Fennell308
WilsonBurrier223
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7.BRUSHLANDS . 
CountyLeader#
Aransas Marsden313
Atascosa Muschalek125
Bee Benson213
BrooksFinnell105
CameronMcKinney385
DimmitD. Green
103
Duval Masden
130
Frio Hemphill
123
Goliad Muschalek209
Hidalgo Jones374
Jim Hogg D. Green
100
Jim Wells Mcintye242
Kenedy Nelson201
Kleberg 

Perrigo

287
La Salle Mundy
163
Live Oak Muschalek219
Maverick.Hewetson100
McMullen Muschalek262
Nueces Cooksey400
RefugioMuschalek254
San Patricio Brittain260
Starr Hewtson209
Webb Foster278
Willacy Jones257
Zapata Hewetson159
ZavalaPasztor116

 

Region 8

Coastal Prairie

 

Click here for County Pages.

8.COASTAL_PLN . 
CountyLeader#
AustinBerner201
BrazoriaWeeks373
CalhounMcIntyre255
ChambersSarkozi294
ColoradoMuschalek203
Fort BendScheuerman 285
Galveston Stevenson352
Harris 

 Berner

347
JacksonWeeks202
JeffersonMayes330
Matagorda Scheuerman276
Victoria Muschalek232
Waller Berner250
WhartonWeeks170
Last Updated on Saturday, 16 March 2013 13:06
 
The Great Texas Wildlife Trails PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Sarkozi   
Saturday, 29 March 2008 10:24

Prairies and Pineywoods Wildlife Trail East MapSo you have 100 species in your home county and a few surrounding ones. You've birded the Upper Texas Coast, the Coastal Bend, and the Rio Grande Valley. You done the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park. Now what? You still need a lot of counties to reach that goal of 100 counties.

Texas Parks and Wildlife's Great Texas Wildlife Trails (GTWT) offer you a guide to hundreds of birding sites in 80% of the state.

Last Updated on Saturday, 29 March 2008 10:50
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