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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

10,000 Birds

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). Two of these are new to the 100+ list. Thus, there are now seven states with 200+ observed species.

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The Grand Old Hawkwatch of the South

10,000 Birds

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. And Caeaser’s Head is definitely good.

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding

10,000 Birds

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