08-11: Beat this Big Year Record with Jeff Bouton

The American Birding Podcast

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4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Digiscoping is more popular than ever, but bird records involving this practice are few and far between. We needed someone to lay down the gauntlet, and last year that person was Jeff Bouton. Many birders know Jeff as the representative for Kowa Optics, and he's a familiar face around bird festivals and events, and now, the Digicoping Big Year Champion, a record he set in 2023. He’s here to challenge others to match him.

Also, a rare bird on the Las Vegas strip gets national media exposure, for better or for worse.

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0:00.0	This episode of the American Birding podcast is brought to you by HX Expeditions, offering mindful
0:05.4	adventures to curious travelers since 1896. An HX Expedition cruise is the best way to see some of the
0:11.9	world's rarest birds, like McKay's Bunting, with onboard science centers, ornithologists, photographers,
0:17.7	and a range of outdoor activities. An HX expedition is a birders paradise.
0:22.2	Change the way you see the world.
0:23.7	Book now and find out why birders are raven about HX.
0:32.7	Hello and welcome to the American Birding Podcast from the American Birding Association.
0:37.2	I am your host, Nate Swick.
0:40.8	You probably felt a disturbance in the birding force this week.
0:44.3	The result of a rare bird phenomenon crossing over onto traditional news.
0:51.2	For the first time since last summer's flaming flaming apocalypse, we have rare birds in the news
0:55.7	and associated public bewilderment, but don't take it from me. Let me throw it over to, in order,
1:01.9	Fox 5 News Vegas, ABC News Now, Las Vegas, and somewhat surprisingly, Hawaii News Now.
1:09.9	Breaking news just minutes ago, we have learned that the Bellagio
1:13.5	Fountain is going to pause all shows for tonight. This all deals with the presence of a rare bird,
1:21.2	the yellow billed loon that has been stuck at the fountain for some time. So what we heard from
1:27.0	MGM is that the Nevada Department of Wildlife had gone to the fountain for some time. So what we heard from MGM is that the Nevada Department
1:29.1	of Wildlife had gone to the fountain earlier this afternoon. The Bellagio had paused the
1:34.5	fountains for some time while Endau was at the scene. Now, Endow about an hour ago told the
1:41.5	Bellagio they could proceed, but we just got a call from an MGM
1:45.4	spokesperson that all shows are halted for this evening.
1:49.8	We're working to learn more information and how state wildlife officials are going to proceed
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