[va-bird] Great Backyard Bird Count

Va birders

I was looking through the TX listserve and found this, and thought you =
might enjoy it. Lapwing or not, we're ahead of Maryland:)=20
(Can someone run over and get those Godwits?)

In good spirits,

John Fox
Arlington



Thought y'all might like to see how Texas is doing:

States/Provinces Submitting the Most Checklists
Rank   State/Province Checklists
1 New York  384
2 North Carolina  335
3 California  318
4 Georgia  302
5 Pennsylvania  296
6 Virginia  288
7 Florida  257
8 Ohio  240
9 Michigan  205
10 Texas  194
Statistics updated 19-Feb-2005 13:26 ET

Now for the kicker:

States/Provinces Reporting the Most Species
Rank   State/Province Species
1 California 213
2 Texas 211
3 Florida 204
4 Georgia 165
5 Arizona 164
6 Oregon 140
7 North Carolina 132
8 Washington 126
9 Virginia 119
10 Arkansas 112
Statistics updated 19-Feb-2005 13:26 ET

Ouch...and then:

States/Provinces Reporting the Most Birds
Rank   State/Province Individuals
1 California 29,238
2 New York 29,060
3 Texas 27,841
4 Florida 23,025
5 Pennsylvania 22,129
6 Georgia 19,733
7 Mississippi 19,283
8 North Carolina 18,020
9 Ohio 17,189
10 Virginia 15,975
Statistics updated 19-Feb-2005 13:26 ET

So, who's it gonna be?  Texas?  or California...

...that's what I thought!  Make sure you submit your sightings this =
weekend
to:
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/

If you want to keep track and see how Texas is doing, you can do that =
at:
http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/top10

Reporting birds to the GBBC is like voting--you should do it early and
often! Good luck and have fun!
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