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). Thus, there are now seven states with 200+ observed species. The state with the largest increase was Arizona , with 139 species added.

United States 198

United States West Virginia Puerto Rico Minnesota 198

Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2011

New Jersey Illinois Massachusetts Colorado Maine WORST STATES Ohio Hawaii Alabama North Dakota Mississippi Idaho South Dakota (worst) According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the states fell this way. BEST Illinois (best) Maine Michigan Oregon California WORST Mississippi Idaho Hawaii North Dakota Kentucky.

Animal Legal Defense Fund 100

Animal Legal Defense Fund Animal Protection North Dakota Protection 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Ohio, Mississippi, North Dakota, Idaho and South Dakota are at the bottom. California and New Jersey came out on top. It's their first annual "humane state" report.

South Dakota 100

South Dakota Humane North Dakota Idaho 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 26, 2008

And the worst: Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arkansas, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, South Dakota, Wyoming You can check out the whole report on their web site.

Animal Legal Defense Fund 100

Animal Legal Defense Fund Animal Protection South Dakota Protection 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2014

Word got out, the New York State birding community lost its mind, and the weekend saw carloads of birders from all over New York and surrounding states and provinces making the long drive to Point Peninsula to see an all-white bird the size of a football. Note how far New York State is from even the bird’s winter range.

New York 232

New York New York City South Dakota Bald Eagle 232

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

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

New Jersey. North Dakota. South Dakota. As a popular game bird, the Ring-necked Pheasant seems to have such high importance in the US that there are several papers just discussing the species in individual US states. Examples: California. Connecticut. Rhode Island. Washington. Wisconsin.

Rhode Island 147

Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147