Tag: Great Texas Birding Classic - 10,000 Birds

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Avian Images from a Texas Big Week

April 30, 2011 by Mike 1 Comment

Birding, like so many other things, is bigger in Texas. How else can you explain the 312 species the Swarovski Optik “Fabulous EL Fifties”...

Birding

Swarovski Optik Team Wins the 2011 GTBC 5-Day Event

April 19, 2011 by Mike 11 Comments

I’ve already regaled readers with the Swarovski Optik “Fabulous EL Fifties” heroic first and second days in the 2011 Great Texas Birding Classic 5-Day Event....

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Great Texas Birding Classic: Scenes from the Upper Rio Grande Valley

April 17, 2011 by Mike 5 Comments

On the first day of the Great Texas Birding Classic, the Swarovski Roadside Hawks racked up over 180 species on the Upper Coast. But one...

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Great Texas Birding Classic: Big First Day on the Upper Coast

April 16, 2011 by Mike 3 Comments

Boykin Spring. Jasper Fish Hatchery. Marvin Dies. Sabine Woods. High Island. Boy Scout Woods. Smith Oaks. Bolivar Flats. Rollover Pass. The Galveston ferry. Sea Rim...

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More Great Texas Birding Classic Action

April 15, 2011 by Mike No Comments

My stint accompanying the Swarovski Roadside Hawks in the Great Texas Birding Classic 5-day Bird Race has come to an end, but the action...

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Don’t Mess with the Great Texas Birding Classic

April 8, 2011 by Mike 6 Comments

Bird races, as anyone who’s competed in one knows, can be big fun. The addition of a competitive component adds a thrilling edge of...

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Beat Writer Posting Calendar

Monday
Kai Pflug (weekly)
Birding Lodges of the World
Tuesday
Donna Schulman (monthly)
Susan Wroble (monthly)
Hannah Buschert (monthly)
Fitzroy Rampersand (monthly)
Bird Guides of the World (weekly)
Wednesday
Leslie Kinrys (biweekly)
Faraaz Abdool (biweekly)
Ask a Birder (occasionally)
Thursday
Paul Lewis (weekly)
Birder’s Lists (weekly)
Friday
David Tomlinson (weekly)
Species Spotlight (occasionally)
Saturday:
Luca Feuerriegel (biweekly)
Peter Penning (biweekly)
Sunday:
Clive Finlayson (weekly)
Valters Videnieks (biweekly)

Any-Time Contributors:
Jason Crotty
Mark Gamin
John Hague
Sara Jentsch
Rolf Nessing
Dragan Simic

See here for info on the writers.