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Mary Lee
05-16-2009, 10:56 PM
We all get the doldrums in the heat of summer BUT if we start out early and end by noon with a refreshing beverage at Pappasitos, we can survive. Right?

It’s time for the 5th Annual FWAS Scavenger Hunt: July 18th, 2009

Meet at 5:45 a.m. in the Parking Lot of Pappasitos Restaurant in Fort Worth Exit Forest Park off of I-30 in Fort Worth, Take access road on north side of I-30 into Parking Lot.

All skill levels welcome! Form your own team or we will hook you up!

$5/person to participate goes to winning teams for lunch

End of Hunt is 12 noon Meet at Pappasitos for lunch.

Register by July 12, 2009 OR.. for more information call or text Ann Hoover at 817-798-6888 or email ahoov@sbcglobal.net


The hunt area is restricted to Tarrant County . Teams decide their own birding locations.

Scoring: Scoring is based on the abundance of the species as stated in "A Bar Graph Checklist of the Birds of Tarrant County Texas, 2nd Edition, January 2000".

Common Species – 1 point
Fairly Common Species – 2 points
Uncommon Species– 3 points
Rare Species – 4 points
Occasional Species – 5 points
Write ins/Species Not on the List For July – 6 points

5 Points will be deducted for every must find species that a team fails to find.

Additional 2 points will be awarded for the species unique to your team’s list.

Note: For a species to count on your list, at least 2 members of team must see or hear the bird and agree on the identification.

gail
06-15-2009, 12:54 PM
Please RSVP to Ann Hoover if you plan on attending.