North Carolina Raised Science Species 
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2013
On a Big Year, every species counts equally, even the lowly House Sparrow. Ali Iyoob is looking to break the North Carolina Big Year record of 351 this year. As of my writing this he is off to a roaring start with 169 species recorded already. That would be more species than are on his life list!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2013
Mark Kirk and Alisha Belo are doing a southern Africa big year, trying to see 800 species. As of the end of March they had already reached a whopping 652 species ! Ali Iyoob is sitting pretty at 230 species in his North Carolina big year during which he is trying to break the state record of 351.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2012
The chapter “Horseshoe Crabs” illustrates why this is THE keystone species of the Delaware Bay. One bird, the authors discovered, flew 5,000 miles nonstop from southern Brazil to North Carolina. Most articles on the Delaware Bay focus on horseshoe crabs and Red Knots.
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