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Name: July 25th – Saturday Morning Bird Walks at the Wells Reserve (Every Other Week till August 8th)
Start: 2026-07-25T07:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-25T09:30:00-04:00
Location: Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm

Observations | Science

Quest for 300 Gets Tougher
ByScott April 12, 2011September 15, 2011

Last time I wrote that in 2010, birders using eBird had reported seeing 298 species in York County. Since then, I’ve discovered a quirk in that data: In eBird, “species” is more than species. The tally is not as close to 300 as I thought! Most birders have spotted birds that they couldn’t nail down…

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Quest for 300
ByScott March 15, 2011February 25, 2012

How many bird species can be seen in York County in a single year? A dedicated birder can tally 200 or more with reasonable effort, but what if a bunch of birders ranging from casual watchers to serious listers contributed to a single collective list? They have, on eBird, and the 2010 total was 298….

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