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World Series of Birding: Sneak Preview from New Jersey
The countdown to the World Series of Birding has begun: the nation’s best birding teams have only 1.5 days left to figure out where all of New Jersey’s bird species are and—even harder—to figure out a...
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Scout Week at the World Series of Birding
Scout Week is the frantic 7 days before the World Series of Birding, when teams hurry to pin down the locations of some 230 bird species within the state of New Jersey, figure out a route that links...
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What’s It Like to Find 264 Species in One Big Day? [video]
Big Days are intense: Last year, our Team Sapsucker spent all 24 hours of April 27 scouring central and eastern Texas for birds. They had three dozen species on their list before dawn broke, and hit...
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Migration Forecasts Help Birders Target Best Date for a Big Day
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Texas Big Day Looking “Very, Very Good,” Starting at Midnight
Tonight at midnight, the Cornell Lab’s competitive birding team will kick off a 24-hour Big Day in San Antonio, Texas. During every single minute of April 25, 2013, the six members of Team Sapsucker...
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294 Species and One Shattered Record on “Almost Perfect” Big Day
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What’s It Like to Find 264 Species in One Big Day? [video]
Big Days are intense: Last year, our Team Sapsucker spent all 24 hours of April 27 scouring central and eastern Texas for birds. They had three dozen species on their list before dawn broke, and hit...
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Migration Forecasts Help Birders Target Best Date for a Big Day
As Team Sapsucker prepares for their Big Day in Texas, our new BirdCast project is helping pin down the best day of the week for their attempt on the North American record—and its weekly reports can...
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Texas Big Day Looking “Very, Very Good,” Starting at Midnight
Tonight at midnight, the Cornell Lab’s competitive birding team will kick off a 24-hour Big Day in San Antonio, Texas. During every single minute of April 25, 2013, the six members of Team Sapsucker...
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294 Species and One Shattered Record on “Almost Perfect” Big Day
As midnight struck on Thursday, April 25, 2013, the six members of Team Sapsucker made North American history with 294 species recorded in a single day—a new record. Buoyed by good weather, excellent...
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Here’s a Scout Week Peek at Our 2014 Big Day Route Through the Southwest
It’s Scout Week for Team Sapsucker. That’s the name for the frantic week of birding that precedes a Big Day, our biggest conservation fundraiser of the year. And this year, with the Sapsuckers...
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Team Sapsucker Is Ready to Connect the Birds on 500-Mile Big Day Run
On Friday morning of Scout Week, Team Sapsucker was spread out across 500 miles of Arizona and California, timing their last tricky route sections and looking for a few stubborn holdout species. By...
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Team Sapsucker Goes “Gigante” With 275 Species on Big Day 2014
On Saturday, May 3, 2014, Team Sapsucker completed their “El Gigante” Big Day run with an astonishing 275 species in 24 hours. The total is the highest Big Day score ever reported from the region, and...
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World Series of Birding: Sneak Preview from New Jersey
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Scout Week at the World Series of Birding
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What’s It Like to Find 264 Species in One Big Day? [video]
Related StoriesHere’s a Scout Week Peek at Our 2014 Big Day Route Through the SouthwestBirding by NightFast Forward Through a 264-Species Birding Big DayTeam Sapsucker Goes “Gigante” With 275 Species...
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Migration Forecasts Help Birders Target Best Date for a Big Day
Rose-breasted Grosbeak by Chris Wood. Cerulean Warbler by Chris Wood.Scarlet Tanager by Chris Wood.Kentucky Warbler by Chris Wood.Magnolia Warbler by Chris Wood.PreviousNext As Team Sapsucker prepares...
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Texas Big Day Looking “Very, Very Good,” Starting at Midnight
Related StoriesBig Day Forecast—Fair South Winds, With a Good Chance of BirdsBig Day scouting report: Heating up in TexasTeam Sapsucker Goes “Gigante” With 275 Species on Big Day 2014Team Sapsucker...
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294 Species and One Shattered Record on “Almost Perfect” Big Day
Scenes from the High Island migrant fallout: Scarlet Tanager by Tom Johnson.Hooded Warbler by Tom Johnson. Rose-breasted Grosbeak by Tom Johnson.Black-throated Green Warbler by Tom Johnson.Orchard...
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Here’s a Scout Week Peek at Our 2014 Big Day Route Through the Southwest
The team will also look for migrants like Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Photo by Bill Thompson via Birdshare.The Neotropic Cormorant has recently extended its range into the Sapsuckers' Big Day route.Big Day...
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