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Big year. A big year is a personal challenge or an informal competition among birders who attempt to identify as many species of birds as possible by sight or sound, within a single calendar year and within a specific geographic area.
Jul 26, 2016 · When Sandy Komito (the cheery guy played by Owen Wilson in the movie The Big Year) saw 748 species in 1998, many thought his North American birding record would last forever. In fact, Komito’s number stood for 15 years—until Neil Hayward managed to log 749 species during his frenzied transcontinental run. Since then, birders have wondered ...
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Jun 25, 2019 · Competition Rules. The Big Year Birding competition goes on all year long. It typically begins at midnight on January first and ends at exactly one minute to midnight on December thirty-first of that year. The ABA states that every bird that’s counted must be from their appointed checklist for that year. Exceptions include: Non-exotic species ...
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A Big Year is a birding competition or challenge that involves attempting to observe or hear as many bird species as possible within a specific geographic area, typically a particular country or continent, in a single calendar year.
An ABA Area Big Year shall start at 12:00 AM on 1 January of that year and end at 11:59 PM, 31 December of that year, based on the local time of the location of the birder at each time threshold. Each species counted by the participant must have been encountered in accordance with the ABA Recording Rules current at the time the species was ...
The film was based on the 2004 non-fiction book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik. The book follows three men on a quest for a Big Year – a competition among birders to see who can spot and identify the greatest number of bird species in North America (north of Mexico) in a calendar year. The three actual ...
2024 Big Year Preview. Ethan and Ingrid are busy planning their 2024 Big Year across the continental United States. A Big Year is an unofficial contest among Birders to see as many species of birds in geographical area in a single calendar year. Big Years can cover a County, State, a Country, a Continent or even the entire world.
