We are glad to be moving on from 2021. But we will miss our Big Year. The birds offered us hope and joy and a great deal of local adventures at a time when we were most vulnerable to binge on Netflix. “An exercise in awareness,” as our dear friend Ron would say.
While the competition has now concluded, we are reminded that 2021 was just a year. There will be another. And birds are literally everywhere. So here’s to an even bigger year for everyone in 2022!
Congratulations to Dean and Lynn for sighting a whopping 239 of our feathered friends. In recognition for their accomplishment, Dean and Lynn will be receiving a bottle of Songbird wine and a handcrafted birdhouse from their nephew-in-law Isaac in Wyoming, MN.
We welcome our readers to journey with our champions from start to finish of their Big Year.
Second place was a tie between Blair/Peter and Alison/David with 164 each. In total, our teams made 862 entries, sighting ____ unique species (please let us know if you have patience enough to count them using the spreadsheet).
Our Big Year spirit will live on via @deansbirds @llpawson @blairryan @agentnero @drcubes…
Good birding, everyone!
-Peter
The Big Year 2021 