|
Ranking
|
Number of species
|
Hotspot name
|
Location
|
|
1
|
430
|
Southeast Farallon Island
|
CA
|
|
2
|
376
|
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
|
NM
|
|
3
|
372
|
Cape Island--Cape May Point
|
NJ
|
|
4
|
370
|
Point Pelee National Park
|
ON
|
|
5
|
368
|
Hayward Regional Shoreline
|
CA
|
|
6
|
367
|
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (Aransas County)
|
TX
|
|
7
|
365
|
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
|
MA
|
|
8 (tie)
|
364
|
Andrew Molera State Park--Big Sur River mouth
|
CA
|
|
8 (tie)
|
364
|
Cape Island--Cape May Point State Park
|
NJ
|
|
10 (tie)
|
363
|
Cape Island (Cape May County south of the Cape May Canal)
|
NJ
|
|
10 (tie)
|
363
|
Plum Island
|
MA
|
|
10 (tie)
|
363
|
South Padre Island--WBC/Convention Center/Laguna Madre Trail
|
TX
|
|
13
|
362
|
Sandy Hook
|
NJ
|
|
14
|
361
|
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
|
TX
|
|
15
|
360
|
South Padre Island
|
TX
|
|
16
|
356
|
Point Reyes--Outer Point
|
CA
|
|
17
|
354
|
South Padre Island.--Birding and Nature Center
|
TX
|
|
18 (tie)
|
353
|
Lake Apopka North Shore--Orange County section
|
FL
|
|
18 (tie)
|
353
|
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
|
TX
|
|
20
|
352
|
Hornsby Bend
|
TX
|
|
21 (tie)
|
350
|
Barr Lake State Park
|
CO
|
|
21 (tie)
|
350
|
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
|
TX
|
|
21 (tie)
|
350
|
Goose Island State Park
|
TX
|
|
24 (tie)
|
349
|
Cape Island--South Cape May Meadows
|
NJ
|
|
24 (tie)
|
349
|
Estero Llano Grande State Park
|
TX
|
|
26
|
347
|
Montrose Point, Lincoln Park
|
IL
|
|
27
|
346
|
Fort De Soto Park
|
FL
|
|
28
|
345
|
Mitchell Lake Audubon Center
|
TX
|
|
29 (tie)
|
344
|
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
|
VA
|
|
29 (tie)
|
344
|
Hazel Bazemore County Park
|
TX
|
|
31 (tie)
|
342
|
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
|
NM
|
|
31 (tie)
|
342
|
Cape Island--Cape May Point State Park--Hawkwatch Platform
|
NJ
|
|
33
|
341
|
High Island--Boy Scout Woods
|
TX
|
|
34 (tie)
|
340
|
Corpus Christi
|
TX
|
|
34 (tie)
|
340
|
Point Pinos--general (sea & shore Coral to Jewell, Crespi Pond & cypresses)
|
CA
|
|
34 (tie)
|
340
|
Salton Sea--south end
|
CA
|
|
34 (tie)
|
340
|
Whitefish Point
|
MI
|
|
38 (tie)
|
339
|
Death Valley National Park--Furnace Creek
|
CA
|
|
38 (tie)
|
339
|
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
|
NJ
|
|
38 (tie)
|
339
|
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
|
TX
|
|
41
|
338
|
Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary
|
CA
|
|
42
|
337
|
Cape Island--Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area
|
NJ
|
|
43 (tie)
|
336
|
Choke Canyon SP--Calliham Unit (McMullen County)
|
TX
|
|
43 (tie)
|
336
|
Long Point--Tip
|
ON
|
|
45 (tie)
|
335
|
Pueblo Reservoir
|
CO
|
|
45 (tie)
|
335
|
Sabal Palm Sanctuary
|
TX
|
|
45 (tie)
|
335
|
St. Mark's National Wildlife Refuge
|
FL
|
|
48 (tie)
|
334
|
Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
|
TX
|
|
48 (tie)
|
334
|
Chatfield State Park
|
CO
|
|
48 (tie)
|
334
|
Huntington Beach State Park
|
SC
|
|
48 (tie)
|
334
|
Seal Island
|
NS
|
|
52 (tie)
|
333
|
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
|
TX
|
|
52 (tie)
|
333
|
Rondeau Provincial Park
|
ON
|
|
54 (tie)
|
332
|
Cape Island--Cape May Point--Coral Ave. dune crossing
|
NJ
|
|
54 (tie)
|
332
|
Fort Morgan State Historic Site
|
AL
|
|
54 (tie)
|
332
|
Granger Lake Area
|
TX
|
|
54 (tie)
|
332
|
High Island
|
TX
|
|
54 (tie)
|
332
|
High Island--Smith Oaks Sanctuary
|
TX
|
|
59 (tie)
|
331
|
King Ranch--Norias Division (Kenedy County)
|
TX
|
|
59 (tie)
|
331
|
Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary
|
TX
|
|
61 (tie)
|
330
|
Packery Channel Park
|
TX
|
|
61 (tie)
|
330
|
Point Pelee NP--Tip
|
ON
|
|
63
|
329
|
Pollywog Pond
|
TX
|
|
64 (tie)
|
328
|
Cherry Creek State Park
|
CO
|
|
64 (tie)
|
328
|
IRWD San Joaquin Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary
|
CA
|
|
66 (tie)
|
327
|
Bodega Bay--harbor and immediate vicinity
|
CA
|
|
66 (tie)
|
327
|
Dauphin Island
|
AL
|
|
66 (tie)
|
327
|
Galveston--Lafitte's Cove
|
TX
|
|
66 (tie)
|
327
|
Port Aransas--Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center
|
TX
|
|
70
|
326
|
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
|
VA
|
|
71 (tie)
|
325
|
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
|
DE
|
|
71 (tie)
|
325
|
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge--HQ and Kiskadee Trail
|
TX
|
|
71 (tie)
|
325
|
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
|
NC
|
|
74 (tie)
|
324
|
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
|
TX
|
|
74 (tie)
|
324
|
Galileo Hill--Silver Saddle Ranch and Club
|
CA
|
|
76 (tie)
|
322
|
Patagonia Lake State Park
|
AZ
|
|
76 (tie)
|
322
|
Presqu'ile Provincial Park (general location)
|
ON
|
|
78 (tie)
|
321
|
Carlsbad Caverns National Park--Rattlesnake Springs
|
NM
|
|
78 (tie)
|
321
|
Hammonasset Beach State Park
|
CT
|
|
78 (tie)
|
321
|
Prewitt Reservoir (Washington County)
|
CO
|
|
81 (tie)
|
320
|
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only)
|
NJ
|
|
81 (tie)
|
320
|
Galveston Island State Park
|
TX
|
|
81 (tie)
|
320
|
Port O'Connor
|
TX
|
|
81 (tie)
|
320
|
Sabine Woods
|
TX
|
|
85 (tie)
|
319
|
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
|
NY
|
|
85 (tie)
|
319
|
Rio Grande Nature Center State Park
|
NM
|
|
87 (tie)
|
318
|
Big Bend National Park--Rio Grande Village
|
TX
|
|
87 (tie)
|
318
|
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
|
TX
|
|
87 (tie)
|
318
|
Huntington Central Park
|
CA
|
|
87 (tie)
|
318
|
Presque Isle State Park (Important Bird Area)
|
PA
|
|
91
|
317
|
Point Mugu Naval Air Station
|
CA
|
|
92 (tie)
|
316
|
Ensley Bottoms--Maxson Wastewater Lagoons (The Pits)/Earth Complex
|
TN
|
|
92 (tie)
|
316
|
Jones Beach State Park--West End
|
NY
|
|
92 (tie)
|
316
|
Red Slough Wildlife Management Area
|
OK
|
|
92 (tie)
|
316
|
Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
|
AZ
|
|
97 (tie)
|
315
|
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (Northampton County)
|
VA
|
|
97 (tie)
|
315
|
Jones Beach State Park
|
NY
|
|
97 (tie)
|
315
|
Milford Point (Connecticut Audubon)
|
CT
|
|
97 (tie)
|
315
|
Riverlands Migratory Bird Sancturary
|
MO
|
|
97 (tie)
|
315
|
San Jacinto Wildlife Area
|
CA
|
|
97 (tie)
|
315
|
Village Creek Drying Beds
|
TX
|
|
97 (tie)
|
315
|
Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
|
AZ
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