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2008 Great Texas Birding Classic
April 27 � May 4
Adult Tournament: Weeklong
1st Place: 316 species (checklist) Reliant Energy Environmental Partners - Sponsored by Reliant Energy $20,000 for Texas City Prairie Preserve, "Borrow Ditch Wetland Restoration Project"
2nd Place: 306 species (checklist) ConocoPhillips Cranes - Sponsored by ConocoPhillips $10,000 for Texas Ornithological Society, "Sabine Woods Oak Motte Enhancement"
3rd Place: 288 species (checklist) Bushnell Butcherbirds - Sponsored by Bushnell
Adult Tournament: Upper
1st Place: 179 species (checklist) TAMUG WildBirders - Sponsored by WildBird $10,000 for Texas Ornithological Society, "Hooks Woods Motte Enhancement" Runner-up: 166 species (checklist) The Grey Feathers - Independent
Adult Tournament: Central
1st Place: 211 species (checklist) Zeiss LSU Tiger-Herons - Sponsored by Zeiss Sport Optics $10,000 for Paradise Pond and the Birding Center, "Brazilian Pepper Tree Removal" Runner-up: 182 species (checklist) King Ranch Pajareros - Sponsored by the King Ranch Adult Tournament: Lower
1st Place: 185 species (checklist) Swarovski Roadside Hawks Two - Sponsored by Swarovski Optik NA $10,000 Gabriel Tree of Life Foundation, "Warbler Rest Stop South Padre Island"
Energy Saver: Coast wide
1st Place: 3.34 species per mile (checklist) The Slice of Good Lifers - Sponsored by Weslaco CoC $10,000 for Frontera Audubon Society, "Wetlands Restoration Project" Runner-up: 3.24 species per mile (checklist) The Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Cuckoos - Sponsored by ConocoPhillips
Big Sit! Tournament
Lone Star Bird Award: $3,000 � Vopak Vultures (checklist) Sponsored by Vopak NA, 91 species $3,000 for Friends of Anahuac Wildlife Refuge, "Coastal Prairie Invasive Species Control" 1st Place: 136 species - Swarovski Big Sitters (checklist) Sponsored by Swarovski Optic 2nd Place: 127 species - Groovy-billed Anis (checklist) Sponsored by Eagle Optics & Bird Watchers Digest 3rd Place: 107 species - Port Aransas Spoonbills (checklist) Sponsored by Port Aransas Chamber & CVB
Gliders Tournament
1st Place: 195 species (checklist) Leica/ABA Tropicbirds - Sponsored by Leica & American Birding Association 2nd Place: 191 species (checklist) Travis Audubon Towhees - Sponsored by Travis Audubon Society & numerous other individuals and businesses 3rd Place: 161 species (checklist) Houston Audubon Hawks - Sponsored by Houston Audubon Society & Tropical Birding
Roughwings Tournament
1st Place: 130 species (checklist) Houston Audubon Accipiters - Sponsored by Houston Audubon Society 2nd Place: 76 species (checklist) Edinburg Kingfishers - Sponsored by Edinburg World Birding Center 3rd Place: 74 species (checklist) Dow Ospreys - Sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company
Congratulations to all!!!
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