Birding By Boat
When Heather and I started this Big Year, we never thought we would make it outside of the Lower 48. However, an opportunity for Heather...
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Birding through SC and GA
On Sunday, we enjoyed more cinnamon rolls, coffee, and conversation in the morning before we began our journey southward. Our first stop...
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NC Sandhills
Meeting a partner's parents for the first time can be a bit daunting...but it helps reduce anxiety if you make a birding trip out of it!...
Surprises In Your Own Backyard
You're probably beginning to notice a theme on this site: Heather and I do a lot of local birding in addition to our forays into other...
A Vestige of What Once Was
These days, it can be hard to remember what any place in the U.S. was like before it was settled by Europeans. In Florida, this is...
Hometown Advantage
Heather and I have been spoiled from the start with this Big Year. She's based on the edge of the mountains in North Georgia and I'm...
Picking Up Some Local Birds
One of the very great things about simultaneously living in Tallahassee and embarking upon a Big Year is the fact that Tallahassee is...
Rain, Rain, PLEASE Go Away
Day 1 I was due for a Heather visit and we decided that, since this visit would occur in the midst of migration, that we better bird as...
Birding the Massachusetts Coast...and Playing Old School Arcade Games
Sunday, March 3 came early. John, Heather, and I all had a good night's sleep despite the omnipresent threat of witches sneaking in...
Birding In A Blizzard
When deciding upon a birthday gift for a bird lover, it helps to know their favorite birds. Heather's birthday comes right after mine and...
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Gaining Species in Gainesville
I spontaneously decided after TAing on Friday that I wanted to spend my birthday weekend with Peter and drove up that evening. Saturday...
Picking Our Way Through The Piedmont
We don't only bird. The night before Keegan and I had to return to Tallahassee, we joined Heather and a few of my college friends for a...
An Atlanta Gold Mine
My 29th birthday took place on January 18. To celebrate, my good friend, Keegan Canty, flew down to Tallahassee from Cleveland. The two...
Birding at the Botanical Gardens
You would think that, after returning from an intense trip to Northern Minnesota, that we would take the next day off. Wrong. We had...
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The First Day
12/26/8 I arrived in Tallahassee late Christmas Day after spending a grueling 16 hours on planes and in airports. Peter had been...
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Minnesota
12/28/2018 We really wanted to start out our Big Year..well, big. Peter and I kicked things off by spending the first few days of the Big...
First, Who Are We?
Yes, we have started our Big Year and, yes, we have already seen birds. Don't worry, we'll get to that soon. But, first, we want to...
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