CONGRATULATIONS to all the team participants in the 10^th Annual Great Texas Birding Classic!

---more data on species seen and individual team participants as soon as we get it compiled, but for now, here is a quick report on the winning teams---

ADULT TEAM COMPETITION

Weeklong Competition

1^st Place             Reliant Energy Environmental Partners       340 species

2^nd Place            Nikon Wildbirders                                                      325 species

3^rd Place             ConocoPhillips Cranes                                          306 species

Upper  TX Coast Sectional

1^st Place             The Grey Feathers                                                   139 species

Central TX Coast Sectional

1^st Place             Texas A&M Wildlifers                                           190 species

2^nd Place            Aplomado Falcons                                                    146 species

Lower TX Coast Sectional

1^st Place             Swarovski Roadside Hawks                                215 species

2^nd Place            EagleOptics Holy Order of Loggerhead Shrikes  194 species

3^rd Place             Darwins Finches                                                          163 species

SENIORS

1^st Place             Four Rails & a Young Coot                                172 species

COLLEGE CHALLENGE

1^st Place             Ziess LSU Tiger Herons                                  201 species

2^nd Place            UT Tyler Hammerkops                                        181 species

3^rd Place             TX A&M Galveston Whopping Sea Aggies  167 species

OUTTA-SIGHT SONGBIRDER TOURNAMENT

1^st Place             Conroe’s Palomas                                                      39 species

2^nd Place            The Tweety Birds                                                    37 species

3^rd Place             Caracaras Face to Face with Nature             35 species

THE BIG SIT

1^st Place             Team McRee Ford*                                                 111 species

2^nd Place            BASF Bitterns                                                        108 species

3^rd Place             Port Aransas Spoonbills                                      105 species

* Lone Star Bird Award

YOUTH DIVISIONS

GLIDERS

All Coast

1^st Place             Leica/ABA Tropicbirds                                    212 species

2^nd Place            Nikon Noddies                                                            200 species

3^rd Place             Travis Audubon Towhees                                  148 species

ROUGHWINGS

Upper  TX Coast Sectional

1^st Place             Houston Audubon Accipiters                          109 species

2^nd Place            GCBO Snowy Owls                                          29 species

3^rd Place             MD Anderson Mighty Blue Jays                  26 species

Central TX Coast Sectional

1^st Place             Port Aransas Laughing Gals                              119 species

2^nd Place            Ravishing Raptors                                                      92 species

3^rd Place             Gregarious Green Jays                                         91 species

Lower TX Coast Sectional

1^st Place             Edinburg Kingfishers                                               87 species

2^nd Place            Brownsville Red-crowned Parrots                    70 species