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!!!