8/9/2019 Corpus Christi Remains Birdiest City in America
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CorpusChristiRemainsBirdiestCityinAmericaCorpusChristhasHeldtheTitleEachYearSince2003
(CorpusChristi,TX June25,2008) The resultsare in
CorpusChristionceagain celebrates the titleof the
BirdiestCityinAmerica.Thenationwidecontest,coordinatedbytheSanDiegoAudubonSocietyeachyeardetermines
thebestcityforbirdingafterhundredsofavidbirdersfromaroundthecountrycountthenumberofspeciesseenfrom
April1
May
31.
CorpusChristihasheldthetitleconsecutivelyeachyearsince2003.
Birdersunitedagainthisyearandcounteda
totalof241speciesofbirdsinourcity.SanDiego,CAcameinsecondwith187speciesofbirds.
Withinthetwomonthspanofthecontest,participatingcitiesandcountiesselecteda72hourwindowtocount
birds,making ita fastpacecompetitionsomewhat likea
scavengerhunt. MikeWilson,NationalCoordinator for the
contest says theannualevent, in itseighthyear,
encouragesparticipating citiesand counties to roundupasmany
birdersastheywishtoduringtheircount.Thecoordinatorineachcity/countythencompilesandcomparesthelogsand
writeupsfromeachteam/participantbeforesubmittingtheirresultsnolaterthanMay31.
LeahPummil,alocalbirderandPresidentfortheAudubonOutdoorClubsaidtheteamchoseApril25April28
asthetimetocountforthecontestbecausehistoricallyitisthepeakofthemigration.
Anotherteamformed locally tallied253speciesofbirds
inNuecesCounty,making ittheBirdiestCountyontheGul
Coastforthethirdconsecutiveyear.
Pummilcommented,OfcoursewhatweseeinthecitylimitsofCorpusChristiis
includedinthecountysubmission,butwealsogettoincludeanythingseenontheIslandandPortAransas.Wealsopick
upuniquebirdsinthewesternpartofthecountylikeatHazelBazemorePark.
According to Wilson, most cities use their winning title for
tourism marketing purposes or to show the
importanceofenvironmentallysensitiveareaswhenfacedwithunwisedevelopmentplans.
KeithArnold,CEOofthe
CorpusChristiConvention&VisitorsBureau(CCCVB)commented,MaintainingthetitleastheBirdiestCityinAmerica
willensuretherecognition
oftheCoastalBendareaasaworldclassbirdingdestination,
significantlysupporting ou
effortswiththeCoastalBendNatureTourismInitiative.
Ninemonths ago the CCCVB spearheaded a regional tourism
initiative that now includes over 12 counties
throughouttheCoastalBendarea.
TheCoastalBendNatureTourismInitiativeispresentlyinPhaseIIandtheplanning
stages for an interactivewebsite, informational kiosks
andmarketing collateral have begunwith the assistance o
Fermata,Inc.,aHoustonbasednatureconsultantfirm.
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