BIRDING CLASSIC, 2: Time is running out to register your 
team in the annual Great Texas Birding Classic ... learn 
how to sign up on Passport to Texas.

Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

[ticking clock] Hear that? That's time running out to register 
your team in the thirteenth annual great Texas Birding 
Classic. Shelly Plante.

The initial deadline for registering for the birding classic is 
March thirteenth. The birding classic lasts for an entire week; it 
starts April 26 and goes through May 3. :03

Plante oversees nature tourism for Texas Parks and 
Wildlife. If you don't mind paying a late fee, you may 
register your team up until the day of the tournament, 
which is April 26. The event is open to birders of all skills 
and abilities. 

With birding, everyone is equal. If you're blind or visually 
impaired you can do birding by ear. And we actually have a 
tournament category for that in the birding classic -- the Outta 
Sight Song Birder Tournament. We have ADA accessible trails 
throughout the Texas coast, so, anyone with mobility 
impairments can get out there and bird. It really is an equal 
opportunity activity. :20

It's easy to register your team in this tournament.

To find out about registration for this year's event, go to 
birdingclassic.org online. :05

That's birdingclassic.org. Registration deadline is March 
12, with late registration beginning March 13. The event 
is April 26 through May 3, and concludes with an awards 
ceremony.

Winning teams decide which avian habitat conservation 
projects receive funding this year.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.



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