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The Big Sit! 2011 Statistics

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These statistics reflect information submitted by reporting circles. As teams continue to report their Big Sit! results, the statistics on this page will change to reflect up-to-the-minute information.

2011 Big Sit! Overview

Participating States/Countries: 51 (current record: 54 in 2005)
Total Circles: 206 (current record: 241 circles in 2010)
Reported Sitters!: 162 (BWD count)
Total Species Observed Worldwide: 780 (current BWD count)
Total North American (US and Canada) Species Observed: 425 (current BWD count)

Ten Highest Circle Counts

Format: Rank. TBS! Location, City State/Country - "Team Name (if any)" - Circle Captain - # Species in TBS! 2011
Cape May Point, New Jersey (United States) – "EXIT HERO" – Sam Galick – 117
Los Osos, California (United States) – "Pishing in the Wind" – Jim Royer – 108
Pescadero, California (United States) – "SASsy Seawatchers" – Jennifer Rycenga – 103
Weslaco, Texas (United States) – "Weslaco RedCrowns" – Huck Hutchens – 99
Segerstad, Oland isl (Sweden) – "Segerstads fyr" – Christian Cederroth – 94
Rio Hondo, Texas (United States) – "Arroyo Colorado Audubon Society" – Sue Griffin – 91
Tullytown, Pennsylvania (United States) – "Levittown Larids" – Devich Farbotnik – 91
Northampton County, Virginia (United States) – "Coastal VA Wildlife Observatory" – Brian Taber – 89
Milford, Connecticut (United States) – "B.W. Surf Scopers" – Frank Gallo – 89
Westport, Massachusetts (United States) – "GooseNeckers" – Mark Lynch – 80
Cape Henlopen State , Delaware (United States) – "PeregriNATION" – Chris Bennett – 80
Kongola (Namibia) – "Sijwa Sitting Cisticolas" – Ethan Kistler – 80
Bergambacht (Netherlands) – "De Hoekse Sluis" – Erik Kleyheeg – 79
Hanko (Finland) – "Finnsticks" – Olli Haukkovaara – 69

State Totals: United States

Compiled only from results reported online in real time. Format: State - # 2011 species (# 2010) species
Alabama — 2011: 64 species (2010: 89 species) Montana — 2011: 17 species (2010: 0 species)
Alaska — 2011: 33 species (2010: 26 species) Nebraska — 2011: 0 species (2010: 40 species)
Arizona — 2011: 89 species (2010: 81 species) Nevada — 2011: 0 species (2010: 47 species)
Arkansas — 2011: 0 species (2010: 0 species) New Hampshire — 2011: 48 species (2010: 68 species)
California — 2011: 163 species (2010: 136 species) New Jersey — 2011: 141 species (2010: 170 species)
Colorado — 2011: 76 species (2010: 72 species) New Mexico — 2011: 16 species (2010: 43 species)
Connecticut — 2011: 150 species (2010: 145 species) New York — 2011: 75 species (2010: 81 species)
Delaware — 2011: 109 species (2010: 123 species) North Carolina — 2011: 99 species (2010: 146 species)
Florida — 2011: 106 species (2010: 133 species) North Dakota — 2011: 53 species (2010: 36 species)
Georgia — 2011: 47 species (2010: 97 species) Ohio — 2011: 132 species (2010: 102 species)
Hawaii — 2011: 0 species (2010: 0 species) Oklahoma — 2011: 84 species (2010: 108 species)
Idaho — 2011: 38 species (2010: 21 species) Oregon — 2011: 76 species (2010: 115 species)
Illinois — 2011: 44 species (2010: 73 species) Pennsylvania — 2011: 135 species (2010: 133 species)
Indiana — 2011: 94 species (2010: 96 species) Rhode Island — 2011: 0 species (2010: 0 species)
Iowa — 2011: 55 species (2010: 79 species) South Carolina — 2011: 57 species (2010: 112 species)
Kansas — 2011: 0 species (2010: 0 species) South Dakota — 2011: 16 species (2010: 21 species)
Kentucky — 2011: 68 species (2010: 0 species) Tennessee — 2011: 50 species (2010: 11 species)
Louisiana — 2011: 64 species (2010: 76 species) Texas — 2011: 184 species (2010: 198 species)
Maine — 2011: 83 species (2010: 78 species) Utah — 2011: 56 species (2010: 58 species)
Maryland — 2011: 114 species (2010: 143 species) Vermont — 2011: 21 species (2010: 38 species)
Massachusetts — 2011: 123 species (2010: 102 species) Virginia — 2011: 99 species (2010: 111 species)
Michigan — 2011: 106 species (2010: 96 species) Washington — 2011: 91 species (2010: 107 species)
Minnesota — 2011: 33 species (2010: 92 species) West Virginia — 2011: 0 species (2010: 0 species)
Mississippi — 2011: 27 species (2010: 100 species) Wisconsin — 2011: 77 species (2010: 79 species)
Missouri — 2011: 94 species (2010: 93 species) Wyoming — 2011: 0 species (2010: 0 species)

International Totals

Compiled only from results reported online in real time. Format: Country - # 2011 species (# 2010) species
Canada — 2011: 65 species (2010 103 species)
Finland — 2011: 69 species (2010: 0 species)
India — 2011: 0 species (2010: 0 species)
Namibia — 2011: 80 species (2010: 0 species)
Netherlands — 2011: 79 species (2010: 0 species)
Panama — 2011: 66 species (2010: 72 species)
Sweden — 2011: 94 species (2010: 0 species)