2023 Tarrant County Scavenger Hunt Results
The 2023 Scavenger Hunt was another success this year with only 2 participants, because they had a great time! Shiela Shallcross and myself met at 6:45 a.m. July 19 , had a latte and pastry and started out promptly at 6:00. I was going to only have the hunt go from 6-10:30 due to the heat. However, we had good weather cooperation with a cool morning, overcast skies most of the morning and a great breeze all of the morning. PLaces visited were Viridian, Sherry St Substation, Drying Beds Entry Lane, Dunlop Park, Randall Mill Park, Pappy Elkins Park, a friend’s pond and MLK Sports Complex. Our leisurely pace yielded 61 species and 123 points. Nothing special was found, but there were plenty of birds out and we enjoyed the morning. Yea, team Two Girls Out Birding in July!
Come out and join us next summer!
Paula Channell
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2022 Great Backyard Bird Count
2022 Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) Was held February 18 thru 21, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of folks took part in this annual free and fun Citizen Science project. Every year, for four days in February, folks are asked to count birds for 15 minutes or more in our backyards, neighborhoods, parks, and wherever you choose to go. The observations are collected on-line using eBird. The resulting data and photos are listed on the website www.birdcount.org.
122nd Annual Christmas Bird Count recap
122nd Christmas Bird Count / recap: The annual Audubon 2021-2022 CBC season was held from Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, through Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Ft. Worth Audubon hosts two CBCs in Tarrant County. The FW CBC was held on December 18 and the Village Creek Drying Beds CBC was held on December 28. The complete national results are not yet compiled. As of today, 1,645 CBC circles have been compiled, with just under 32 million individual birds counted… READ MORE
Borderland Research Institute Birding Bonanza, Marfa, TX
The Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) at Sul Ross State University is launching a new series of outreach activities to connect people with birds through its Bird Conservation Program. The “Borderlands Birding Bonanza” kicked off with birding field trips on the mornings of Oct. 24-25, 2018, and November 14-15, 2018, to Alamito Creek Preserve, a Dixon Water Foundation property in Presidio County, south of Marfa.
Jim Jones
Bedford, TX
Wings Over the Wetland
This annual event has been planned with two ways to participate – traditional in-person with outdoor social spacing or virtually at home. Spread out your picnic blanket and enjoy Pecan Lodge BBQ serving Rosewood Wagyu beef, dance the night away with the down-to-earth, infectious energy of the Steel Betty band and participate in a live bird flight program by Window to the Wild. The event continues every October. Visit their website at www.wetlandcenter.com for more event updates.
Jim Jones
Bedford, TX