To all Entrants in the America’s Birdiest City/County Birdathon
The results are in and have been tabulated for the 2007 America's Birdiest City/County birdathon. We had 19 entrants for this years exciting competition. I want to congratulate everyone who participated and helped keep this fun event going.

I would like to especially thank Phil Pryde for having the insight and inspiration to start this contest. He realized there was a niche to be filled in the birding world for a contest that can be competitive without being bogged down with formalities. It's also a great pr / marketing tool as everyone already knows.

I would also like to thank everyone for having patience with me in my first year as coordinator. Before I announce the winners I would like to mention that in the case of dividing the country between east and west I used a map of the migration flyways, with Atlantic and Mississippi flyways being east and Central and Pacific flyways being west. I hope this has not put anyone in a different category than you had previously been in.

Now, for this years results:

Here are this year's winners:
Large Coastal City:
Corpus Christi TX- 240

Small Coastal City:
Dauphin Island AL- 203

Large Inland City:
San Antonio TX- 179

Small Inland City:
Duluth MN- 162


 		 Inland County East:
St. Louis County MN- 198

Inland County West:
Kern County CA- 235

Coastal County Atlantic Coast:
Washington County ME- 160

Coastal County Gulf Coast:
Nueces County TX- 254

Coastal County Pacific Coast:
Los Angeles County CA- 272
 
 
Thanks again for helping us keep this great, fun, event running...
Good Birding... till next year!!!

Mike Wilson, Compiler
Dauphin Island Bird Sanctuaries, Inc.
Ylhammer1(AT)cs.com