Spring 2026 Big as Texas Counties Notes
The Spring 2026 county audit is done! Check out the latest Texas eBird highlights, review species updates, and notable “way out of range” records.
League of Counties Standings post-Spring
An update to the divisionally segmented League of Counties page. The addition of species numbers to the counties have slowed
Pelegic Trip May 3rd
14hr pelagic trip on MAY 3, 2026 with Deep-Sea Headquarters out of Port Aransas.
The League of Texas Counties
Welcome to the League of Texas Counties.
It’s part data science, part birding sport, and maybe a little bit of madness—but it’s an interesting way to see which counties are punching above their weight.
News
Wild Things: Crested Caracara
This short video of the Crested Caracara is a perfect example of quick high quality info on a bird species in Texas. I hope more of the general public will catch these videos realize what what they will see on just about any possible roadtrip in the state.
Trans-Pecos Bird Conservation.org featured on Marfa Public Radio
The Trans-Pecos avian diversity is world-class, but keeping it that way takes more than just luck. In a recent interview
Winter 2025-26 Big as Texas eBird Counties notes
This quarter’s update features a Slaty-backed Gull in Galveston, a rare 1884 Eskimo Curlew record in Wise County, and 106 new county ticks. Check the latest spreadsheet for “way out of range” sightings and the remaining species needed for single-county completion.
The Texas eBird “Last 10 Years” Project
How many bird species are actually seen in Texas every single year? I dove into years of eBird bar charts and histograms to find the “consistent core” of our state’s bird species. This project tracks the species that maintain a year-over-year streak—from statewide trends to our new County Data Hub map, where you can find individual reports for all 254 Texas counties. Explore the master data, check the streaks, and see how your home county compares.
Texas flooding history.
With the dramatic historic flooding of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, I was wondering what effect does flooding have on the ecosystem of a river?
Fall 2025 – Big as Texas eBird Counties notes
Highlights and notes from September to early December. This spreadsheet has been changed to match the latest updates to the eBird list. Here are the changes.