The county pages with the Top 10+ locations listed at the top of each page have been reviewed for 42 out of 62 counties. There are changes in 7 counties. Twenty counties are pending a Top 10+ list. Please note that all hotspots for NYS are accessible from the web pages. Those without a dedicated hotspot wiki page are linked to eBird's 'Hotspot Explorer' page centered on the hotspot. These locations are preceded with an asterisk (*).
The locations promoted to Top 10+ below are preceded with a plus (+) sign. *BROOME COUNTY (TOP 10) <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Broome>* (+) Greenwood County Park — The hotspot for 'Whitney Point MUA' was merged with 'Upper Lisle County Park' based on input from the county reviewer. 'Greenwood County Park' moves into the vacated position. *BRONX COUNTY (TOP 10+2) <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Bronx>* (+) 'Jerome Park Reservoir' at 58 spp. passes 'SUNY Maritime College (Fort Schuyler)' at 51 spp. which was previously in 11th position. The county has expanded to Top 10+2. *ORANGE COUNTY (TOP 10+3) <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Orange>* (+) 'Wickham Lake, Warwick' at 134 species moves into 9th position passing 'Benedict Park' by one. The county has expanded to Top 10+3. *ONTARIO COUNTY (TOP 10+1) <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Ontario>* (+) 'Ganondagan State Historic Site' at 117 species moves into 9th position passing 'Lagoon Park, Canandaigua' by two. The county has expanded to Top 10+1. *QUEENS COUNTY (TOP 10+1) <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Queens>* (+) 'Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.)' with 168 species moves into 10th position passing 'Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh' by two. The county has expanded to Top 10+1. *SULLIVAN COUNTY (TOP 10) <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Sullivan>* • I created a page for '*Wolf Brook MUA (Multiple Use Area)*' which has 2 locations for the site. Top 10 remains unchanged. *SUFFOLK COUNTY (TOP 10+1) <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Suffolk>* (+) 'Cupsogue Beach County Park' with 229 species moves into 10th position currently in a tie with 'Great Gull Island'. The county has expanded to Top 10+1. *Home page:* • http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding%20in%20New%20York *Alphabetical list of all 6,103 NYS Hotspots:* • http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/AlphaHotspots -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
