Birding Hotspots can help you find birding locations near and far, as well as where you can find individual species (Horned Grebe photo by Paul Konrad).

Wondering about where to go birding next? Or where to go birding on your next work trip or family vacation? There is a new website for you: Birding Hotspots is an open source website that collects information about birding opportunities and locations from local birders that include descriptions and maps of eBird hotspots from eBird and other websites and collaborators. Birding Hotspots provides birders with information about birding locations state by state, and you can refer to specific species you may be interested in searching for too.

Created and managed by Ken Ostermiller, a volunteer hotspot reviewer for eBird, this is an especially interesting new website for birders to refer to and you can also provide information to share with others. Ken is joined by Adam Jackson, a software developer who, along with many state editors and a wealth of birders who regularly contribute their sightings to eBird is building the new birding community resource. Check out the new website for yourself at Birding Hotspots