The Challenge

 

Ebird, the birding software we use, put up a digital map with stick-on states.  We get credit for a state by entering the birds we’ve seen there.

 

The darker the color, the more birds we have sighted in each state.  We’ve done well, getting birds in every state, including Hawaii, except Alaska.  The problem with this map is that you can click on each state to see how you’re doing with counties in that state.

 

We’re doing well with counties in Arizona

 

We’ve recorded birds in every one of them.  (It helps that there aren’t very many counties in Arizona.)

 

We’ve got a good start on New Mexico.

 

And Colorado.

Those are both do-able.

 

But Texas.

 

Texas is a challenge.  There are 254 counties in Texas.