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    612-822-4611

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The (Big) Year That Flew by: Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding Record

The (Big) Year That Flew by: Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding Record

Dwarshuis, Arjan
Obmascik, Mark

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ISBN10: 1645021912
ISBN13: 9781645021919
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Published: Feb 21 2023
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.87 Width: 5.43 Depth: 8.43
Language: English
An epic tale of one passionate birder's record-breaking adventure through 40 countries over 6 continents--in just one year--to see 6,852 bird species, rare and common, before many go extinct.

A fast-paced page-turner and a unique adventure story . . . filled with insights about landscapes, people, and a world of wonderful birds. ―Kenn Kaufman, author of Kingbird Highway

When Arjan Dwarshuis first heard of the Big Year--the legendary record for birdwatching--he was twenty years old, it was midnight, and he was sitting on the roof of a truck in the Andean Mountains. In that moment he promised himself that, someday, somehow, he would become a world-record-holding birder.

Ten years later, he embarked on an incredible, arduous, and perilous journey that took him around the globe; over uninhabited islands, through dense unforgiving rainforests, across snowy mountain peaks and unrelenting deserts--in just a single year. Would he survive? Would he be able to break the Big Year record, navigating through a world filled with shifting climate and geopolitical challenges?

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