Have just finished reading 'Kingbird Highway' by Kenn Kaufman. What a wonderful
tale of an early 'big year' and the culture of American birding it describes.
What more, the whole year was completed when the author was barely in his
twenties and he hitchhiked the whole way. Highly recommended read!
> On 19 May 2016, at 1:12 PM, John Harris <> wrote:
>
> Hi Alastair,
> I thought the whole "Big Year" was about not putting it out there publicly
> that you are doing it!! Having read "The Big Year", it seemed that the best
> strategy was to remain quiet about whether "you" were doing a big year and
> let others who may be doing one also make up their own mind about your
> intentions.... So much different to over here, where birding folk are happy
> to get on board with someone's efforts as was shown with Sean Dooley's "Big
> Twitch" and John's own efforts.
>
> Cheers.
>
> John
>
>
>
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>> On 19 May 2016 at 11:14, A Smith <> wrote:
>>
>> G’day Tim,
>>
>> Thanks for the link.
>>
>> I think you may be over stating things a bit. I have followed Olaf since 1
>> January and nothing that I have read has slandered John. Like anyone doing
>> a big year Olaf wants to know who the competition is. That said, I assume
>> John (like me) is a fairly novice North American birder and therefore he
>> should expect to have his sightings queried. Great that he has the photos
>> and hopefully he’ll find time to blog.
>>
>> Regards
>> Alastair
>>
>>
>> On 18 May 2016, at 20:17, Tim <> wrote:
>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> As some are aware but others may not be John Weigel is doing an
>> American big year in true Weigel fashion. He has not been home since late
>> December and won't be until January 17. You can follow his blog here
>> although at present it's simply a running list as his time is consumed by
>> chasing rarities that has not stopped http://www.birdingfordevils.com/?m=1
>> !
>>>>
>>>> He hadn't published his list until several days ago and since doing so
>> it's fair to say he has been slandered by his competition who wasn't aware
>> John was doing the big year 2016 and Is perhaps caught a little by
>> surprise. He has even had his sightings questioned! See here
>> http://olafsbigyear.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/free-nipple.html?m=1
>>>>
>>>> Johns previous Australian 'big years' have left no doubt about his
>> credibility. He photographed almost every single bird! He has done the
>> same this year but has been unable to edit his 40,000 photographs and post
>> them. He will in due course.
>>>
>>> The year is shaping up to be the stuff movies are made of!! He's also
>> raising funds for Devil Ark (Tasmanian devil breeding facility) throughout
>> the year).
>>>>
>>>> John is currently on the world famous Attu chasing Megas and cannot
>> respond at present. I encourage Australian birders to follow the action and
>> support John!
>>>>
>>>> He is a great bloke and I trust this group will enjoy following and
>> Aussie take it internationally!
>>>>
>>>> All the best!
>>>
>>> Sincerely Tim Faulkner
>>
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