An Interview with Richard Fried – the New York State Big Year Record Holder
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
Richard Fried spent 2011 doing a New York State Big Year and managed to top the record of 350 species which was only set in 2008 by Scott Whittle. In the three years before my big year I birded in eight states, Puerto Rico, Canada, England and Japan. Getting anywhere near the state Big Year record, let alone exceeding it.
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