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Wrap-Up of 2012 Big Year Birding

10,000 Birds

As of 15 December he had seen 744 species and it is unclear if that was his final total or if he added more since. Josh Vandermeulen set the Ontario Big Year record with 344 species, breaking the record of 338, set by Glen Coady in 1996. Anthony has the rundown on his big year here. Pat, let us know in the comments, alright?

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Birds Worth The Trip

10,000 Birds

One was to piggyback on Patrick O’Donnell’s interesting article about winter warblers in Costa Rica, since his list is quite different from my list for central Mexico. (I Best of all, you can fly here direct from Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.