2003 Big Sit! Stats
Participating States/Countries: 38 (a new record! – 35 in 2002)
Total Circles: 159 (a new record! – 136 circles in 2002)
Reported Sitters!: 359+ (554+ sitters in 2002)
Total Species Observed Worldwide: 551 (663 species in 2002)
Total North American (US and Canada) Species Observed: 345
Species seen in only one circle: 174 (218 species in 2002)
Ten Highest Circle Counts
Format: Rank. TBS! Location, City State/Country - "Team Name (if any)" - Circle Captain - # Species in TBS! 2003
- Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, Mexico – "Tlaco-Birders" – David McCauley – 156 species
- Zuiderhoofd, Westkapelle, The Netherlands – "The Delta Devils" – Sander Lilpaly – 118 species
- Assateague Island, Maryland – "Sitting on our Assateague" – Matt Hafner – 103 species
- San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, California – "Sea & Sage" – Chris Obaditch – 92 species
- Catalonia, Spain – "APNAE" – Aleix Comas – 92 species
- Ontario, Canada – Tom Hince – 83 species
- Rotterdam, The Netherlands – "Moorhen Masters" – Dylan Verheul & Matthijs Broere – 76 species
- Kiptopeke State Park, Virginia – Brian Taber – 75 species
- Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Texas – "The Brazosport Birders" – Charles Brower – 73 species
- Milford, CT – Frank Gallo – 73 species
State/Country Totals
Format: State/Country - # 2003 species (# 2002) species
US States |
Canada/International |
| Alabama - 33 (0) |
Montana - 0 (0) |
Canada - 82 (83) |
| Alaska - 0 (0) |
Nebraska - 0 (0) |
Hungary - 33 (0) |
| Arizona - 80 (87) |
Nevada - 0 (0) |
Mexico - 156 (119) |
| Arkansas - 63 (60) |
New Hampshire - 0 (0) |
Netherland - 118 (154) |
| California - 154 (169) |
New Jersey - 69 (123) |
Peru - 0 (49) |
| Colorado - 77 (45) |
New Mexico - 0 (15) |
Spain - 92 (101) |
| Connecticut - 108 (131) |
New York - 60 (49) |
United Kingdom - 58 (98) |
| Delaware - 0 (0) |
North Carolina - 78 (55) |
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| Florida - 110 (121) |
North Dakota - 37 (0) |
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| Georgia - 60 (61) |
Ohio - 65 (92) |
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| Hawaii - 0 (0) |
Oklahoma - 17 (83) |
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| Idaho - 53 (27) |
Oregon - 113 (86) |
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| Illinois - 0 (41) |
Pennsylvania - 0 (0) |
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| Indiana - 90 (95) |
Rhode Island - 0 (0) |
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| Iowa - 0 (39) |
South Carolina - 56 (94) |
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| Kansas - 0 (0) |
South Dakota - 0 (0) |
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| Kentucky - 0 (0) |
Tennessee - 52 (0) |
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| Louisiana - 70 (85) |
Texas - 172 (235) |
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| Maine - 0 (0) |
Utah - 57 (42) |
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| Maryland - 147 (117) |
Vermont - 27 (0) |
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| Massachusetts - 63 (60) |
Virginia - 94 (119) |
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| Michigan - 89 (94) |
Washington - 83 (68) |
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| Minnesota - 0 (0) |
West Virginia - 31 (37) |
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| Mississippi - 25 (0) |
Wisconsin - 61 (0) |
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| Missouri - 73 (79) |
Wyoming - 0 (0) |
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