Birding Title Awarded to
Corpus Christi for the 7th year in a Row!
The annual nationwide contest determines the best city for birding after hundreds of avid birders from around the country count the number of species seen betweetn April 1 and May 31. Within the two-month span of the contest, participating cities and counties selected a 72-hour window to count birds, making it a fast-paced competition somewhat like a scavenger hunt.
Local birders united again this year and counted a total of 217 species of birds in our city. The team was made of members from the Audubon Outdoor Club, Coastal Bend Audubon Society and many other birders. San Diego, California came in second with 198 species of birds.
"The win for our area was bigger than it might appear, because of the weather conditions," said Keith Arnold, CEO of the Corpus Christi Convention & Visitors Bureau. "In spite of the gale force wind, we were able to regain the 'America's Birdiest City' title while the American Birding Association was holding its national convention in Corpus Christi. This distincting continues to embellish the CVB's nature tourism marketing for the region."
The 2009 results released the morning of Monday, June 15, 2009 declared Corpus Christi the overall winner as 'America's Birdiest City'. Nueces County was named the Birdiest Coastal County along the Gulf Coast with 238 birds.
Avid Birder and this year's local competition organizer Larry Jordan said the competition was intense not just becasue of the wind, but also the drought and high tides forcing the participants to overcome obstacles not typically present.
Link to Corpus Christi Caller Times Article: http://caller.com/news/2009/jun/15/corpus_christi_is_birdiest_city/
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