Big year
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."
Big year by GayBirdNerd July 12, 2022
