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Can one “bird nerd,” with little more than a backpack and a spotting scope, crush the round-the-world Big Year record?
Follow our intrepid correspondent as he sets a new Big Year world record.
Photo: Corey Arnold
Can one “bird nerd,” with little more than a backpack and a spotting scope, crush the round-the-world Big Year record?
Here are all the species Noah saw as he traveled the world on his 2015 Big Year.
All the birds Noah saw in his Big Year, grouped by family.
After 365 days and a new world record, Noah reflects on what he learned—and shares some tips for anyone itching to get outside.
Noah rings in the New Year with a rare owl on the last day of his Big Year.
Medieval times and black-tie attire are the themes at Miranda's giant shorebird roost.
Noah braves rough seas and dark forests for New Zealand's most iconic birds.
Noah does some fast bowling—er, birding—in Tasmania.
Noah and friends bird the Toolangi Forest and get out just ahead of a fire.
High temperatures near Melbourne make the birds lethargic.
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