BIRDWATCHING -- Texas apparently is the place to be for diversity of bird species. 

On Friday, a team of birders set a national record for identifying the highest number of bird species in a 24-hour period during a midnight to midnight birding blowout across eastern and southern Texas.

The six members of Team Sapsucker from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology identified 264 species by sight or sound, topping the previous record of 261. The feat also raised nearly $200,000 dollars for Cornell Lab bird conservation programs. Supporters pledged a set amount for every species the team found.

Big Day quest began with a yellow-crowned night-heron and barred owl spotted in the glow of park lights near San Antonio's famous Riverwalk—followed by a calling common pauraque, a tropical relative of the whip-poor-will.

For more information on the Big Day in Texas and the upcoming World Series of Birding, click here.