Corey Arnold

Birding Without Borders

Follow our intrepid correspondent as he sets a new Big Year world record.

Welcome to Birding Without Borders

Welcome to Birding Without Borders

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

Birding Without Borders

The Final Species List in Taxonomic Order

The Final Species List in Taxonomic Order

All the birds Noah saw in his Big Year, grouped by family.

Birding Without Borders

Lessons From the World’s Biggest Year

Lessons From the World’s Biggest Year

After 365 days and a new world record, Noah reflects on what he learned—and shares some tips for anyone itching to get outside.

Birding Without Borders

Watch a 5-minute video of Noah's 2015 Big Year adventure:

Day 365: So Long, and Thanks For All The Birds

Day 365: So Long, and Thanks For All The Birds

Noah rings in the New Year with a rare owl on the last day of his Big Year.

Birding Without Borders

Follow Along:

Birding Without Borders: Day 19

January 21, 2015 — How to bird on tinned sardines.

Birding Without Borders

Birding Without Borders: Day 18

January 21, 2015 — Birding at 11,500 feet.

Birding Without Borders

Birding Without Borders: Day 17

January 21, 2015 — When it rains, it pours.

Birding Without Borders

Birding Without Borders: Day 16

January 21, 2015 — Noah leaves Buenos Aires for a backpacking trip in Cerro Negro.

Birding Without Borders

Birding Without Borders: Day 15

January 16, 2015 — The second day birding Entre Rios brings up some questions about how to best conserve the area.

Birding Without Borders

The Audubon Bird Guide

Adopt a Bird

Breeding adult. Photo: Tom Ingram/Audubon Photography Awards

Tufted Puffin

Fratercula cirrhata

Auks, Murres, Puffins

Non-breeding adult. Photo: Lorraine Minns/Audubon Photography Awards

Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus

Plovers

Juvenile Roseate Tern and breeding adult Roseate Tern. Photo: Agami Photo Agency/Shutterstock

Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii

Gulls and Terns

Adult (Pacific russet-backed form). Photo: Mick Thompson/Flickr (CC-BY-NC-2.0)

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

Thrushes

Get Audubon in Your Inbox

Let us send you the latest in bird and conservation news.