Big Day Team Hoping for a Big Win—You Could Too (Video Contest)
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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