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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

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There are several states with 100-199 species: North Carolina (172, unchanged), Washington (171, up from 144), Michigan (159, unchanged), Virginia (147, up from 122), North Dakota (141, unchanged), Idaho (129, up from 57); New Mexico (112, unchanged); Massachusetts (110, up from 81); Colorado (106, unchanged), and Pennsylvania (109, up from 102).

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The Goal – 200 by 2016

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in the nearly two years since I’ve been here I’ve been steadily climbing towards 200, a fair goal for a county in the center of North Carolina. I move to Greensboro, NC, in the summer of 2013 with a county list of 60. A handful of other people find it before it takes off that evening, never to be seen again. #181.

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Virginia is for Birders

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The Delmarva Peninsula juts southward towards North Carolina like the appendix of the eastern seaboard. It’s southernmost third, given to Virginia by accident of history rather than geopolitical intention, lies apart from the rest of the state both culturally and geographically.

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Pet Paradise Resort to donate ALL pet hair clippings

4 The Love Of Animals

The company has grooming salons in all 13 resorts located in Texas, Louisiana, Florida and North Carolina. Pet Paradise Resort will start shipping collected pet hair to Matter of Trust’s warehouses located along the Gulf of Mexico and in San Francisco. About Pet Paradise. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla.,

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding

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After those five, there are relative handful with over 100 species: North Carolina (172), Michigan (159), Arizona (155), Washington (144), North Dakota (141!), California (297) is next, followed by Florida (227), Oregon (209), and New Jersey (199). Some are all three ( e.g. , New York, California, and Florida).

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Why Are Red-breasted Nuthatches Irrupting?

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Sitta canadensis isn’t just irrupting out of its far northern home but exploding southward, with reports in every southern state except for Florida, including birds on the outer banks of North Carolina, on Grand Isle, Louisiana, in a suburb of Atlanta, and on the Gulf Coast of Texas.