How do you become
the greatest birder in the world?
You have to win the Big Year.
What's a Big Year?
Here, I'll let this English guy tell you.
Well into the 19th century,
Americans celebrated Christmas Day
with contests to kill
the most birds in a single day.
In 1900, Audubon Society ornithologist
Frank Chapman
suggested Americans should
count them instead,
leading eventually
to the creation of the Big Year,
a competition to see
the greatest number of birds
in North America in a calendar year.
the greatest birder in the world?
You have to win the Big Year.
What's a Big Year?
Here, I'll let this English guy tell you.
Well into the 19th century,
Americans celebrated Christmas Day
with contests to kill
the most birds in a single day.
In 1900, Audubon Society ornithologist
Frank Chapman
suggested Americans should
count them instead,
leading eventually
to the creation of the Big Year,
a competition to see
the greatest number of birds
in North America in a calendar year.
"Didn't you tell me that a Big Year killed your marriage to Steph in '03?"
"First of all, I was married to Bridget in '03."
"Didn't you tell me that a Big Year killed your marriage to Bridget?"
"A contributing factor, but, no, not the main reason. There were so many other problems with that marriage."
"First of all, I was married to Bridget in '03."
"Didn't you tell me that a Big Year killed your marriage to Bridget?"
"A contributing factor, but, no, not the main reason. There were so many other problems with that marriage."
by GayBirdNerd July 13, 2022
Short for binoculars
by GayBirdNerd July 13, 2022
A term used in the birding community to say "Little Brown Bird/Blob".
This is usual used when you short glimpse of a small brown bird. Hence the term, LBB.
This is usual used when you short glimpse of a small brown bird. Hence the term, LBB.
by GayBirdNerd July 13, 2022