Jennifer,
Thanks for asking! I have been decompressing the last two days as I was
birding all the previous week. I ended up with 457 species for the year
surpassing my goal of 425! My Ebird rank was seventh in the state, I tried
very much to break into the top five but I just could not come up with four
more birds.
My last species for the year were Chestnut-collared Longspurs, I saw those at
Muleshoe NWR on December 31st. My next to last bird was a Northern Shrike at
Lake Palo Duro. Interesting, I believe I was the only ebirder to post seeing a
Northern Shrike in Texas for the year 2018.
I had a grand adventure birding across Texas. I went to places I had never
been to before including the exalted High Island. I met many birders and even
reconnected with old friends. I experienced a minor bird fall-out at Sabine
Woods. I increased my North America life list from 385 to 508. I saw many
rare birds for Texas: White-crowned Pigeon, Roadside Hawk, Hooked-bill Kite,
Hermit Warbler, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Warbler, Blue Bunting,
Red-billed Pigeon, and others.
I want to thank everyone for their support and encouragement. It was a lot of
fun, but it is time for me to get on with other aspects of my life. I am two
months behind on my blog, and will now have time to finish blogging. My blog
is jimstexasbigbirdingyear.wordpress.com.
Thanks again! Happy Birding!
Jim Crites
Sent from my iPad
On Jan 2, 2019, at 4:57 PM, Jennifer Miller <foundnatureblog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Maybe I missed it, but I have been waiting for Jim to send us his final
species count for his big year!
Drumroll...
Jennifer
Jennifer Miller
Lubbock, TX
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