The Big Year

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Many people have hobbies—pastimes that they enjoy and maybe even spend a lot of money on. However, there are some people whose hobbies become an obsession. This is particularly true in the world of birdwatching. Some birders have spent their entire lives trying to view and count as many species of birds as possible, and an exceptional few have tried to do it in a single year. Learn more about the Big Year and how birdwatching became competitive on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Draft Kings Step into the thrilling world of sports and entertainment with DraftKings, where every day is game day! Join the millions of fans who have already discovered the ultimate destination for fantasy sports and sports betting. Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app and use code EVERYTHING to score two hundred dollars in bonus bets instantly when you bet just five dollars! Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. Noom Noom is not just another diet or fitness app. It’s a comprehensive lifestyle program designed to empower you to make lasting changes and achieve your health goals. With Noom, you’ll embark on a personalized journey that considers your unique needs, preferences, and challenges. Their innovative approach combines cutting-edge technology with the support of a dedicated team of experts, including registered dietitians, nutritionists, and behavior change specialists. Noom’s changing how the world thinks about weight loss. Go to noom.com to sign up for your trial today! ButcherBox ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. ButcherBox.com/Daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Many people have hobbies, pastimes that they enjoy, and maybe even spend a lot of money on.
0:04.5	However, there are some people whose hobbies become an obsession.
0:08.5	This is particularly true in the world of bird watching.
0:11.5	Some birders have spent their entire lives trying to view
0:14.4	and count as many species of birds as possible, and an exceptional few have tried to do it all in a
0:19.7	single year. People say us cats have it easy, but it's not all sunshine and catnip. I mean, someone's got to maintain unbroken eye contact while you're in the bath.
0:52.0	So after a long hard day my human better
0:56.0	bring me a delicious bowl of whiskers. I'm talking to you Kevin. It's almost
1:01.0	per o'clock. Don't let me down.
1:05.0	Whiskas per moor.
1:12.0	I should start out this episode by noting that I am not a birder.
1:15.4	However, in the course of my travels I've had the pleasure of meeting several very serious
1:19.5	birders.
1:20.9	One man I met was a student in Singapore who would travel to Northern Malaysia after his classes were done on Friday
1:26.0	just so we could spend a few hours trying to see a rare bird before returning to his classes on Monday.
1:31.0	I met several groups of birders during my trips to the Galapagos Islands. They
1:35.5	would obsessively document everything they saw every night on board the ship. They would
1:40.0	get excited at seeing even the smallest simplest finches, which no one else ever even bothered
1:44.7	to pay attention to.
1:46.5	I'm not trying to imply that all burgers are obsessive.
1:49.3	The vast majority of them are not.
1:51.6	However, as with anything else else from collecting baseball cards to
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