10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A few states still have no checklists at all: Nebraska , Minnesota , Iowa , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , and Alabama. and West Virginia ranks 44th. Even the nation’s capital has been ignored. For example, as to checklists, Kentucky ranks 37th in the U.S. out of 51, including Washington, D.C.)

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United States West Virginia Puerto Rico Minnesota 228

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2015

In addition to North Carolina, six other states have named the cardinal their state bird, including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. I’m not the only one who appreciates the Northern Cardinal.

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North Carolina West Virginia Legislature Virginia 194

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

We let a one-eyed Bald Eagle go after a year of battling state officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. I’ll never forget an orphaned Northern Cardinal nestling that I really fussed over a few years back,” said Arden Zich of Fox Valley Wildlife Center in Elburn, Illinois. “We

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 243

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Even some states that technically have checklists barely qualify: the great state of Illinois has just a single checklist with two species (from an airport). West Virginia ranks 44th, Hawaii ranks 45th, and Rhode Island ranks 48th. Even the nation’s capital has been ignored. out of 51, including Washington, D.C.),

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Rhode Island United States West Virginia Puerto Rico 115

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Here in New York State Snowy Owls have been reported in more than ten counties, with most of those counties having birds being seen in multiple locations.

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