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• BWD Does the Big Sit!
  BWD did the Big Sit at Editor Bill Thompson's farm in southeast Ohio. The team (sponsored by Bird Watcher's Digest and The Whipple Bird Club) scouted birds from the editor's three-story Indigo Hill Birding Tower. By 1 pm, they had spotted an impressive 58 species toward their all-time high of 62... Read More >>

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• Sitting out the Big Day
  Back in the day, we called them Century Runs or Century Days and we'd try to see 100 or more bird species during the daylight hours. Today they are called Big Days. The concept has even been modified into a competitive sport with the creation of events such as the World Series of Birding in New Jersey (which just celebrated its 20th year), The Great Texas Birding Classic, and The Taverner Cup competition held in Canada. Today's top Big Day teams are shooting for 200-plus species in a 24-hour period.... Read More >>

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• Big Sit at the Great Texas Birding Classic
  The Couchless Kingbirds arrived in the Lone Star State determined to make a good showing of their Big Sit prowess. And we did, finishing fifth among 13 teams entered in the GTBC's first Big Sit category. Our Big Sit circle was on the edge of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park along the irrigation dike that runs perpendicular to the park's entrance. The reason for this was that Bentsen's wooded habitat and resaca, and it's well-deserved reputation as a raptor-watching hotspot, would produce the maximum variety of bird species..... Read More >>

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• The Couchless Kingbirds at the World Series of Birding
  I found the trophy sitting on a windowsill in the BWD offices. It was covered in dust and a few cobwebs. Over the nameplate a sign was taped. "BWD Bowling Champion" it read. I removed it to read the original nameplate. "Winner, Cape Island Cup. "The Biggest Day" Cape Island Festival, May 16, 1983." It was the original trophy for the World Series of Birding. Wow... Read More >>

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