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Big Year Birding Update

10,000 Birds

Not only that, but they are doing their big year to raise money for the Houston Audubon Society and the Katy Prairie Conservancy. Lynn Barber is chasing the South Dakota big year record and has reached 314 species, which leaves her 18 short of the record of 332. You can keep up with her exploits on the ABA Blog.

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Wrap-Up of 2012 Big Year Birding

10,000 Birds

Not only that, but they raised money for the Houston Audubon Society and the Katy Prairie Conservancy. Lynn Barber was chasing the South Dakota big year record of 332 and managed to smash it with 350 species. Blake and Holly Wright hoped to photograph 400 species in the lower 48 this year and easily made it, photographing 432!

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