January 01, 2015 — Noah Strycker rings in 2015 with his first bird species of a hopeful 5,000 this year.

January 01, 2015 — Keep track of the species Noah is seeing as he travels the world on a Big Year.

January 01, 2015 — Keep track of the species Noah sees as he travels the world on a Big Year.

January 01, 2015 — All the birds Noah saw in his Big Year, grouped by family.

January 02, 2015 — Can one “bird nerd,” with little more than a backpack and a spotting scope, crush the round-the-world Big Year record?

January 02, 2015 — Noah spots 12 species at Spert Island, Antarctica.

January 03, 2015 — A century after Shackleton, Noah crosses the Weddell Sea.

January 04, 2015 — No new species, but plenty of Adelies.

January 05, 2015 — Noah spots Macaroni, Chinstrap, and Gentoo Penguins on his last day on the ice.

January 06, 2015 — While en route to the Falkland Islands, Noah spots 9 new species.