Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Birding by the Numbers

Robert and I updated our bird lists, which we used to produce the following factoids about my birding history.

Life birds in the American Birding Association area - 472

Top States For Life Birds:
1) Texas - 323 (68%)
2) Colorado - 64 (14%)
3) Washington - 41 (9%)
4) California - 16 (3%)
5) North Carolina - 15 (3%)

Top Sites For Life Birds:
1) Hornsby Bend (TX) - 72 (15%)
2) Town Lake (TX) - 57 (12%)
3) Westport pelagic trip (WA) - 18
4) Balcones Canyonlands (TX) - 13
5) Captain Ted's pelagic trip (TX), Lemon Lake (CO), Rocky Mt NP (CO) - 10

Total number of birding trips - 534
(Note: This means unique combinations of date and location; some may not be "trips" in a conventional sense)

Top Species By Number of Birding Trips:
1) Northern cardinal - 182 (34%)
2) American crow, Turkey vulture - 156 (29%)
3) Mourning dove - 150 (28%)
4) Northern mockingbird - 147 (28%)
5) European starling - 139 (26%)

Top Sites By Number of Birding Trips:
1) Hornsby Bend (TX) - 59 (11%)
2) My mom's yard - 13
3) Town Lake (TX), Bethabara Park (NC) - 12
4) Bastrop SP (TX), Longhorn Dam (TX), Reynolda Gardens (NC), Webberville Park (TX) - 7


Opportunistically birding Top Site #2 in PJs

Average Number of Species Seen Per Visit:
Hornsby Bend - 28.0
Town Lake - 20.0
Bethabara Park - 16.6
Bastrop SP - 11.7
Longhorn Dam - 26.3
Reynolda Gardens - 27.7
Webberville Park - 21.0
McKinney Falls SP - 20.2
Falcon SP - 36.0

Top State Lists (total number of species seen per state):
1) Texas - 358
2) Colorado - 129
3) North Carolina - 119
4) Washington - 99
5) Oklahoma - 88
6) California - 82

Top Species By Number of States:
1) American crow - 14
2) Red-tailed hawk, Rock dove - 12
3) Turkey vulture - 11
4) Mourning dove, House sparrow - 9

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