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Big Day scouting report: Heating up in Texas
At the Cornell Lab yesterday we had snow, hail, freezing rain, and regular rain. In Texas, where our Big Day team is scouting for an attempt at the North American record on Friday (and raising money...
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264: A new North American Big Day birding record
The Big Day is over and Team Sapsucker has set a new record for the most bird species seen or heard in a 24-hour period in North America. By birding nonstop from midnight to midnight on Friday, April...
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Sapsuckers Overcome Mishaps, Misfortune to Tie Their Big Day Record [video]
The concept of a Big Day is a bold one—a midnight-to-midnight sleepless birding blitz to see or hear as many species as humanly possible. Team Sapsucker—Chris Wood, Jessie Barry, Andrew Farnsworth,...
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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 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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Team Sapsucker, the Cornell Lab’s competitive birding team, is scouring the Texas back roads for Black-capped Vireos, Rock Wrens, and Green Jays. They have two days of scouting left before they make...
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Big Day scouting report: Heating up in Texas
One of the best things about scouting in Texas: all the Scissor-tailed FlycatchersChris and Jessie spotted a white-phase Reddish Egret near Port AransasWestern species like Black-throated Sparrow...
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264: A new North American Big Day birding record
Sapsucker Tim Lenz trains his binoculars on the Texas foliage. Photo by Chris Wood.The ones that got away: Team Sapsucker saw Sooty Terns before and after, but not during, the Big Day. Photo by Chris...
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Sapsuckers Overcome Mishaps, Misfortune to Tie Their Big Day Record [video]
Marshall Iliff makes the final tally just after midnight—264 species for the day.Big Day 2012 dawned near the Mexico border with birds like this Rufous-capped Warbler.A flat tire put a crimp in Team...
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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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Team Sapsucker Goes “Gigante” With 275 Species on Big Day 2014
Celebrating an Olive-sided Flycatcher in California.An all-smiles Team Sapsucker rolls on through their Big Day.At each stop, everyone piles out of the car and starts to scan.Elf Owl was bird #3 of the...
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