10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Here is the updated eBird heat map: Unsurprisingly for a site founded and run by two New Yorkers, the Empire State still boasts the highest number of species (363, up from 316). Some are all three ( e.g. , New York, California, and Florida). Thus, there are now seven states with 200+ observed species.

United States 207

United States West Virginia Puerto Rico Minnesota 207

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2012

There’s Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania, of course, and that little known Cape May place in New Jersey, not to mention others like Fort Smallwood in Maryland and even Fort Tilden in Queens, New York, which gets some press on the occasions that Corey swings by. I was leading a field trip with a dozen intrepid souls.

South Carolina 163

South Carolina Maryland North Carolina New Jersey 163

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The heat map is revealing: Unsurprisingly for a site founded and run by two New Yorkers (one of whom literally wrote the book on birding New York), the Empire State boasts the highest number of species (316). California (297) is next, followed by Florida (227), Oregon (209), and New Jersey (199).

Rhode Island 114

Rhode Island United States West Virginia Puerto Rico 114