10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2021

“This beautiful and singular bird, although a constant resident in the southern extremities of the peninsula of Florida, seldom extends its journeys in an eastern direction beyond the State of North Carolina. He once obtained a specimen in full plumage about ten miles north of Charleston.

New York 264

New York South Carolina North Carolina Massachusetts 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Some are all three ( e.g. , New York, California, and Florida). Many of the states with more than 200 species are home to contributors and/or have destination birding locations and/or are popular places generally.

United States 212

United States West Virginia Puerto Rico Minnesota 212

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Self-cleaning pens, never-empty feed buckets,” wrote Angel in South Carolina and Zoe in California. “A “I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. God, we’re a selfish bunch, aren’t we?”

Wildlife 252

Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 252

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