Birding Photo Scavenger Hunt

Right now I'm running a Winter 2007 Birding Photo Scavenger Hunt for the Texas Birders Coffeehouse. Anyone is welcome to join, even if you don't live in Texas.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to photograph as many of a list of 100 birds as you can in a 3-month period. The winner will get a pat on the back and bragging rights through the next season. I don't expect anyone to get all 100 birds, but feel free to prove me wrong! The contest will run from November 15th to February 14th, 2008, where, if things go as planned, a new contest will begin for spring.

The 100 birds were selected evenly as the most common birds from each of the 8 Bird Conservation Regions in Texas in winter. In technical terms, I selected the most frequently reported birds from each of the eight regions, and sorted the list by the maximum frequency in any region. For example, Golden-fronted Woodpeckers, Great Kiskadees, and Western-Scrub Jays may not have made a top 100 Texas-wide frequency list on their own, but they're very common within their range, so they made this list. This is the only way I could think of that would give an even opportunity to everyone within the state. If I picked the most common in all of Texas, west and south Texans would be sorely left out.

To join in the fun, go to this topic in the TBC (free membership required to post):