Texans conducted 112 Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs) with 3510 birder-days on the way to reporting 378 species which included the rarities Great Shearwater, Mew Gull, Spotted Owl, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, and Hammond’s Flycatcher. Red-breasted Sapsucker will be an additional species if it passes Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) review. Eurasian Wigeon (UR) was reported during Count Week. Each of these species added excitement to the usual drama of each count’s pursuit of the best section, and highest local, State and National species tallies. 9561 During the last 10 years, 17 species which were found 60% of the time were missed along with an additional 61 species that had been reported at least once during that period. Texas has the potential to reach 400 species in a season. The last time this was achieved was during the 2005-2006 season, but it is going to take lots of work and some luck to replicate this. Six hundred forty-eight sets of details for 282 species...