The TCC sounds interesting as a project after I fully retire. Thank you for
sharing it. I was unaware of it.
Thanks
gwj
Greg W. Joiner, Ph.D.
Clinical and Forensic Psychology
PO BOX 16283
Lubbock, Texas 79490
C) 806-786-7115
O) 806-797-7100
F) 806-797-7101
From: Anthony Hewetson
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 11:17 AM
To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Anthony Hewetson
Subject: [leasbirds] 2020 eBird Game - March Report - of Interest to
TCC/eBirdFolk
Greetings All:
This is probably only of interest to folk who are interested in the
Texas Century Club and/or obsessed with eBird. In other words: if you
aren't interested in this sort of stuff feel free to hit the delete
button.
This is the second year of, hopefully, a two year project so I am
going to hit the reset button a wee bit. Though I have seen over 100
species in all 36 Oregon and all 254 Texas counties, I am way behind
on entering my historical data into eBird and at the beginning of
January of 2019, with 221 months of data not yet entered into eBird,
had but 14 Oregon and 71 Texas counties over 100 in eBird.
During 2019 I entered almost all of my Oregon data (still had October
1996 through December 1997) but finished off my OCC game with at least
100 species in all 36 counties ... and I made serious headway with
the Texas data (still had February of 2005 through December of 2011 to
go), getting up to 130 counties with over 100 species on my eBird
list.
In January I entered six months of historical data (October 1996
through December 1996 and February 2005 through April 2005) as well as
January itself, bringing me down to 92 months of un-entered historical
data. Thanks to a protracted illness in February I entered twelve
months of historical data (January through April of 1997 and May
through December of 2005) as well as February itself, getting down to
80 months of un-entered historical data.
In March I entered fifteen months of historical data (May 1997 through
December 1997 and January 2006 through July of 2006) as well as March
itself, getting down to 65 months of un-entered historical data. As
this included my last season of biological field-work (in Alabama and
Oregon) as well as the road trip back to Oregon from Alabama) I added
twelve counties to my eBird total (not over 100 - just counties I had
never eBirded before) scattered across Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Idaho.
The Texas efforts didn't pay off, though, and I added nothing to the
eBirded TCC list, leaving me stuck at 137 out of 254 counties eBirded
to TCC status.
I am now done with the non-Texas years and hopefully the focus on
Texas and Texas alone in April will add some counties.
Anthony Hewetson; Lubbock