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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Follow Along:

Day 152: Great Rainy Owls

June 02, 2015 — A local expert stakes out a special sighting.

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Day 151: The Year-Bird Dilemma

June 01, 2015 — Is a great sighting worth a sacrifice?

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Day 150: Seen Any Whales?

June 01, 2015 — Appreciating the ocean’s subtler sights.

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Day 149: Old Haunts and New Gear

June 01, 2015 — Noah gets four new birds and a nap.

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Day 148: Home Sweet Home

June 01, 2015 — The big year reaches Noah’s backyard.

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The Audubon Bird Guide

Adopt a Bird

Adult male. Photo: MargoBurnison/Audubon Photography Awards

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Woodpeckers

Adult. Photo: Adam Wilson/Audubon Photography Awards

White-crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys

New World Sparrows

Adult Wedge-tailed Shearwater (light morph). Photo: Forest and KimStarr/Flickr (CC-BY-2.0)

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Ardenna pacifica

Shearwaters and Petrels

Adult female. Photo: Elaine Padovani/Great Backyard Bird Count

Phainopepla

Phainopepla nitens

Silky-flycatchers

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