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Written by David Sarkozi
Monday, 24 March 2008 16:05
What is the Texas Century Club? 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

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 10/12/09 (Click on More) eBird is just about the only source of recent consolidated records available to everyone. A record 7,719 lists were submitted in Texas to ebird in Jun 2008. Over 7,000 lists were submitted in April, 2009. 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. Oct 12, 2009 Mar 22, 2009 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. 249 Counties (98% of Texas Counties) have added species since Mar, 2008!
Last Updated on Monday, 12 October 2009 16:16
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Most and Least Birded Counties

Written by David Sarkozi
Wednesday, 02 April 2008 10:23
What are the most birded counties in Texas? Update Oct 11, 2009-JB Thirty (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? There are now ZERO counties (as of 5/7/09) with fewer than 25 species reported to eBird: Camp County in NE Texas was the last (Thanks Janie Henderson, Linda Wilkins, Anthony Hewetson, Charles Smith,Dan Symonds, Bill Lupardus for eliminating the last few) However there are still 5 (as of 10/11/09) counties with fewer than 50 species reported: Crane, Franklin, Scurry, Upton, Winkler (se map) What's Possible? I think that's a very interesting question. I've no doubt that 100 species is possible in every county. 211(upd 10/11/09) 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. It really boils down to someone going there and birding and then reporting the results. I'm eyeing these under-birded counties for a future trip to pad the records for these counties.
Last Updated on Monday, 09 November 2009 18:19

254 County List Leaders

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. 2008 Leader Changes in Black. Jan-Apr 2009 Changes in Red. May-Jun 2009 changes in Green. Jul-Aug 2009 Changes in Purple. Sep-Oct Changes 2009 in Orange Nov-Dec 2009 Changes in Brown Jan 2010 changes in Pink, Feb-Mar 2010 Changes in Blue (Updated 3/9/10).

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1.PANHANDLE
County	Leader	#
Andrews	Breden	151
Armstrong	Pierce	107
Bailey	Hewetson	261
Borden	Hewetson	103
Briscoe	Hewetson	161
Carson	Pierce	112
Castro	Hewetson	122
Childress	Pierce	105
Cochran	Hewetson	156
Collingsworth	Dillon	122
Cottle	Hewetson	101
Crosby	Hewetson	266
Dallam	Pierce	133
Dawson	Hewetson	131
Deaf Smith	Hewetson	85
Dickens	Hewetson	219
Donley	Pierce	217
Fisher	Hewetson	106
Floyd	Hewetson	195
Gaines	Hewetson	103
Garza	Hewetson	206
Gray	Sare	125
Hale	Hewetson	173
Hall	Hewetson	110
Hansford	Sare	111
Hartley	Pierce	154
Hemphill	Pierce	164
Hockley	Hewetson	183
Howard	Bumgardner	148
Hutchinson	Pierce	172
Jones	J.Packer	188
Kent	Hewetson	209
King	Hewetson	115
Lamb	Hewetson	185
Lipscomb	Hewetson	71
Lubbock	Hewetson	374
Lynn	Hewetson	182
Martin	Hewetson	106
Mitchell	Hewetson	141
Moore	Pierce	204
Motley	Hewetson	204
Nolan	Ruffin	107
Ochiltree	Hewetson	108
Oldham	Pierce	125
Parmer	Hewetson	104
Potter	Sare	163
Randall	Pierce	308
Roberts	Hewetson	73
Scurry	Hewetson	142
Sherman	Pierce	62
Stonewall	Little	49
Swisher	Hewetson	109
Taylor	J.Packer	255
Terry	Hewetson	159
Wheeler	Sare	46
Yoakum	Hewetson	173

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2.NO._CENTRAL
County	Leader	#
Archer	Lofland	205
Baylor	Currie/Little	102
Callahan	Currie	107
Clay	Lofland	148
Collin	Guernsey	217
Cooke	Little	113
Dallas	Little	218
Denton	Hodne	195
Eastland	Currie/Little	102
Ellis	Drozdowski	179
Erath	C. Smith	108
Fannin	Trelc Jr.	93
Foard	Hewetson	105
Grayson	Carnes	211
Hardeman	S. Wellborn	166
Haskell	Symonds	71
Hood	Currie/Little	105
Hunt	Kinney	301
Jack	Currie/Little	105
Johnson	Easley	317
Kaufman	Carnes	172
Knox	Hewetson	104
Montague	Currie/Little	101
Palo Pinto	Currie	111
Parker	Little	114
Rockwall	Little	105
Shackelford	Little	103
Somervell	Easley	217
Stephens	Little	104
Tarrant	Currie	280
Throckmorton	Currie/Little	111
Wichita	Lofland	217
Wilbarger	Currie	103
Wise	C&M Curry	179
Young	Little/Currie	109

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3.PINEYWOODS
County	Leader	#
Anderson	Currie/Little	140
Angelina	Barnes	85
Bowie	Dillon	201
Camp	Dillon	101
Cass	Dillon	186
Cherokee	Barnes	107
Delta	Baltzegar	165
Franklin	DBrotherton	103
Gregg	LBrotherton	109
Hardin	Cassidy	139
Harrison	Dillon	206
Henderson	Belssner	190
Hopkins	Dillon	106
Houston	Schaefer	92
Jasper	Frank	148
Lamar	McCumber	130
Liberty	Kessler	203
Marion	Dillon	182
Montgomery	Kessler	160
Morris	LBrotherton	137
Nacogdoches	Schaefer	213
Newton	Hewetson	80
Orange	Frank	106
Panola	Dillon	144
Polk	Green	101
Rains	Kinney	298
Red River	Dillon	101
Rusk	Dillon	188
Sabine	Dillon	85
San Augustine	Dillon	71
San Jacinto	Kessler	159
Shelby	Dillon	104
Smith	Barnes	255
Titus	LBrotherton	124
Trinty	Pierce	62
Tyler	Frank	107
Upshur	Dillon	104
Van Zandt	Kinney	314
Walker	Bello	200+
Wood	Barnes	185

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4.TRANS_PECOS
County	Leader	#
Brewster	Ohl	281
Crane	Hewetson	37
Culberson	Frank	107
Ector	Vanderberg	52
El Paso	Zimmer	401
Hudspeth	Zimmer	301
Jeff Davis	Frank	152
Loving	Wilson	97
Midland	Polson	156
Pecos	Reinarz	103
Presidio	Ohl	147
Reeves	Ohl	218
Terrell	Merkord	115
Upton	Freeman	36
Ward	Hewetson	76
Winkler	Hewetson	63

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5.EDWRDS_PLAT
County	Leader	#
Bandera	Redmond	174
Bexar	Rejzek	328
Blanco	Kessler	109
Burnet	Reinarz	238
Coke	Hewetson	122
Comal	D. Green	254
Concho	Dale	128
Crockett	Reinarz	89
Edwards	Cousar	90
Gillespie	Kessler	119
Glasscock	C.Smith	31
Hays	Stone	180
Irion	C.Smith	42
Kendall	Stillwell	215
Kerr	Kessler	210
Kimble	Kessler	188
Kinney	Cassidy	109
Llano	Stone	191
Mason	Feuerbacher	151
McCulloch	Kostecke	145
Medina	McClintock	181
Menard	Hewetson	106
Reagan	Kelly	37
Real	Lohman	121
Runnels	Hewetson	78
San Saba	Kostecke	119
Schleicher	S.Johnson	98
Sterling	Hewetson	45
Sutton	Reinarz	102
Tom Green	Bumgardner	179
Travis	Freeman	378
Uvalde	Davenport	225
Val Verde	Harrison	164

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6.CENTAL_PRAIR
County	Leader	#
Bastrop	Freeman	331
Bell	Kostecke	306
Bosque	Bumgardner	115
Brazos	Frenz	231
Brown	Nims	212
Burleson	Frenz	117
Caldwell	Stone	124
Coleman	Currie	116
Comanche	Little	112
Coryell	Kostecke	235
DeWitt	Muschalek	298
Falls	Currie	104
Fayette	Gravenstein	119
Freestone	Barnes	239
Gonzales	DSmith	114
Grimes	Vollert	175
Guadalupe	Wheeler	189
Hamilton	Chisholm	129
Hill	Hassell	154
Karnes	Muschalek	250
Lampasas	Hodges	213
Lavaca	Baker	141
Lee	H. Brown	269
Leon	Dillon	70
Limestone	Currie/Little	101
Madison	Berner	100
McLennan	Bumgardner	305
Milam	Stone	130
Mills	Hewetson	82
Navarro	Little	185
Robertson	Corpora	116
Washington	Vollert	>300
Williamson	Fennell	308
Wilson	Burrier	199

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7.BRUSHLANDS
County	Leader	#
Aransas	Kessler	223
Atascosa	D.Green	105
Bee	Benson	161
Brooks	J McIntyre	48
Cameron	McKinney	383
Dimmit	Hewetson	47
Duval	L.Brown	60
Frio	Hewetson/Hood	54
Goliad	Muschalek	185
Hidalgo	Jones	348
Jim Hogg	Ebner	63
Jim Wells	Brittain	207
Kenedy	Nelson	201
Kleberg	Perrigo	231
La Salle	Hewetson	70
Live Oak	Muschalek	209
Maverick	Hewetson	100
McMullen	Muschalek	260
Nueces	Cooksey	396
Refugio	Muschalek	201
San Patricio	Brittain	260
Starr	Hewtson	209
Webb	Foster	194
Willacy	Kessler	247
Zapata	Hewetson	155
Zavala	Hewetson	87

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8.COASTAL_PLN
County	Leader	#
Austin	Gravenstein	130
Brazoria	Weeks	369
Calhoun	Freeman	400
Chambers	Sarkozi	247
Colorado	Muschalek	195
Fort Bend	Scheuerman	262
Galveston	Stevenson	351
Harris	H. Smith	315
Jackson	Weeks	202
Jefferson	Mayes	324
Matagorda	Scheuerman	247
Victoria	Muschalek	168
Waller	Honig	224
Wharton	Weeks	148

Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 20:07

The Great Texas Wildlife Trails

Written by David Sarkozi
Saturday, 29 March 2008 10:24
So 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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