I bird about the same amount every year

 

A lot of people use eBird online to track their sightings.  eBird also serves as a global database of bird population data, so it seems like a pretty good idea.  I record my birds there, usually getting something in the neighborhood of 400 species a year.  There is a feature in eBird to rank your number of sightings against everyone else’s to see how you’re doing.  In 2010, I recorded 397 birds which almost got me into the top 100 for the entire U.S.  I finished at number 106.

 

It seems more and more birders are recording their sightings in eBird though.  Last year I recorded a record number of sightings for me, 407.  That was only good enough for 190^th in the country.  I’m falling fast.  This year, so far, I’m in 453^rd place.  I’d better step up my game…