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Membership benefits include one year of Audubon magazineand the latest on birds and their habitats. All Rights Reserved. Tag Archives: Al Levantin South Texas December 2012 Day 2. We divided our 15-mile-diameter circle into eightsections and were able to cover several different habitats, including pinyon-juniper woodlands, spruce and fir forests, wetlands, mostly-frozen ponds, riparian areas, downtown Carbondale, and birdfeeders in a few areas. Now these are very common birds, but there are 98 Canada geese there, Levantin said. These birdmen have much in common: ambitious, self- made winners from the Depression-era Bronx who probably birded together as children, having been rescued from the stultification of poverty by the Boy Scouts and their nature-focused field trips. @page { In its 50 . Follows the 1998 Big Year competition between Sandy Komito, Al Levantin, and Greg Miller, during which the three rivals risked their lives to set a new North American birding record. Mark Fuller, who is with Roaring Fork Audubon, says Clark was an avid birder and naturalist. The Audubon Societys Christmas Bird Count started in the 1900s and has been going on for more than 120 years. Al Levantin - 711 (1998) - Steve Perry - 711 (1987) 26. Pelagic birding trips shot in Tofino, British Columbia, look a lot like the real things in Monterey Bay and Newfoundland. I was thrilled to hear that Owen Wilson and Steve Martin talked about Nuttings flycatchers and rufous-capped warblers. Here is the Bird Calls radio archive of Saturday, Oct 29, with guest Al Levantin, one of the three original birders about which "The Big Year" book was written. Seeing the many species of ducks in the Roaring Fork River, especially the Common and Barrows Goldeneyes, ignited a spark in me to learn more about birds. We also delighted in seeing 20 Snow Geese fly over downtown Carbondale and 35 Pinyon Jays at a local feeder. Farther down the river, the trio counted two green-winged teals floating along with several mallard ducks and an elusive American dipper bobbing in and out of the frigid water. Our competitive quests are documented in the 2004 non fiction book, The Big Year, by Pulitzer Prize winning author Mark Obmascik. Its directed by David Frankel, an Oscar winner who also did Marley & Me and The Devil Wears Prada.

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