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June Challenge Info needed
Posted by Steven
over 9 years ago
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The June Challenge, is it between individual people in a county and/or between counties with a common county list? Is there a location for the county list (Broward) or do I need to form one. Steven
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I don't know of anyone keeping a combined list for Broward County, perhaps you can start one?
Larry Manfredi
Dear Gents,
Who is sponsoring the June Challenge?
Not sure what you mean by sponsoring but you can send your lists to Rex Rowan (rexrowan AT gmail.com) he's the keeper of the lists. Good luck!
Hi Rangel. What I'm asking is whether this is an eBird or ABA or Audubon thing, or something else.
Hi Steven,
The June Challenge isn't formally sponsored by anyone -- it was started about 10 years ago in Gainesville to encourage birders to keep birding in June, and has since spread to other areas (something we up here are quite proud of!)
The challenge is individual -- to see who can see the most species within a county during the month of June. The competition, while potentially brutal, is also a friendly one -- if you see something cool, you're supposed to let everyone else know so they can go after it too.
Thus, the counties aren't competing against each other -- the contest is to see which birder in each county reigns supreme.
Have fun!
Happy Father's Day, everyone. Thank you for the explanation, Felicia. Have a great day, all.
At the end of it all the counties still compare numbers through joint checklists and one county gets bragging rights for that year. This is Dade's year!!
I'm thinking it is PBC's year.
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