Season 2, Episode 2, Part Two: Bruce DiLabio’s Canada Big Year

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ichkv-15c10c1 Hello there everybody,   Welcome back to The Big Year Podcast. This is part 2 of my chat with the new all time record holder for a Canada Big Year, Bruce DiLabio.  As I type this, it’s a sunny spring day in late March and the excitement of migration season is just around the […]

Season 2 Episode 1 Part1: Bruce DiLabio Canada Big Year

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yb4q2-15af0ca Hello Birders, welcome back to The Big Year Podcast.  I am so excited to be back for a second season.  I wasn’t sure we’d get renewed but the birds tweeted their approval and desire to hear from even more Big Year birders, so here I am and boy do I have a great line […]

Episode 3: Christian Hagenlocher: 2016 Big Year on a Budget

 I was fortunate enough to meet Christian back in 2016, during my Birders and Blue Jays Big Year.  I had driven down to the US to search for a Barnacle Goose.  Christian had driven out to see it as well.  My memory is vague on the timing and location, other than it was in the middle […]

Episode 2: Yve Morrell and her 2017 Big Year

Pictured above, Yve holding a picture of the final bird of 2017, a Loggerhead Kingbird The Big Year Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts  Spotify and anywhere else you listen to your favorite Podcasts, including Amazon/Audible and Podbean  I first met Yve Morrell in 2017 during her Big Year.  I had flown down to Texas to search for a Jabiru.  A […]

The Big Year Podcast Episode 1: Sandy Komito

January, 2023: I just completed a Canada Big Year in 2022, seeing and hearing 456 species over the course of birding 365 days straight. I travelled back and forth across the country all year and visited the most incredible birding locations Canada has to offer. I saw 456 species in 10 provinces and 2 territories […]