2008 Challenge

Categories for the 2008 Utah County Birders' Birding Challenge:

For the Gold Medal
(see silver and bronze below)

1. Bird Species

1. Find 8 species of raptors in each of 8 different Utah counties
2. Find 8 species of waterfowl in each of 8 different Utah counties
3. Find 8 species of shorebirds in each of 8 different Utah counties
4. Find 8 species of tyrannids (flycatchers, kingbirds) in each of 8 different Utah counties
5. Find 8 species of the family Parulidae (warblers) in each of 8 different Utah counties
6. Find 8 species of the family Emberizidae (sparrows and towhees) in 8 different Utah counties

2. Utah Bird Habitats

1. Find 8 species of birds in a riparian community
2. Find 8 species of birds in a residential area
3. Find 8 species of birds in a fresh water or marsh community
4. Find 8 species of birds in a spruce-fir community
5. Find 8 species of birds in a pinion-juniper community
6. Find 8 species of birds in an agricultural area
7. Find 8 species of birds in an aspen-oak-maple community
8. Find 8 species of birds in a salt water community

3. Utah County Trails

1. Find 8 species of birds along the Provo Canyon Trail
2. Find 8 species of birds along the Jordan River Trail
3. Find 8 species of birds along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail
4. Find 8 species of birds along the Skipper Bay Trail
5. Find 8 species of birds along the Lower Provo River Trail
6. Find 8 species of birds along the Hobble Creek Canyon Trail (east of Springville)
7. Find 8 species of birds along the Provo Airport Dike
8. Find 8 species of birds along the Rock Canyon Trail

4. Miscellaneous Category

Complete any 8 of the following:

1. Add 8 new or "life" birds in the state of Utah
2. Add 8 new or "life" birds in the contiguous 48 states
3. add 8 new or "life" birds in the fifty states
4. See or add 8 new or "life" birds in a foreign country
5. Add 8 new birds to your yard list
6. Visit 8 different states and add 8 species to your state life list in each state visited
7. Attend 8 meetings of the Utah County Birders during this year
8. Provide directions to 8 new locations to go birding in the state on the Utahbirds website
9. Contribute 8 photos of Utah locations to go birding to be added to Utahbirds website
10. Introduce 8 new people in the community to birding by bringing them on fieldtrips or to the meetings
11. Volunteer to lead two UCB field trips to a local county location
12. Give a school presentation on birds at least twice during the next twelve months at which there are at least 8 students in attendance each time
13.Volunteer to serve as a scout merit badge counselor in your church for the bird study merit badge
14. Write two articles for the newsletter
15. Find 80 species in Utah County during 2008
16. Find 40 species in/from your yard

For the Silver Medal:

Do half of the number for each of the preceding categories to earn recognition for the silver medal.

For Category 1 - do 3 of the 6 challenges
       Category 2 - do 4 of the 8 challenges
       Category 3 - do 4 of the 8 challenges
       Category 4 - do any 4 of the challenges

For the Bronze Medal:

Replace category 1 with the following

1-a. Find 64 species in each of 8 counties

Do half of the number for the preceding categories 2-4.

For Category 2 - do 4 of the 8 challenges
Category 3 - do 4 of the 8 challenges
Category 4 - do any 4 of the challenges