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What Is the Big Sit?

The Big Sit! is an annual, international, noncompetitive birding event founded by the New Haven (Connecticut) Bird Club. This year the event will be hosted on a new website: www.thebigsit.org. Register today and submit your results after the event!

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Team Swamphens on 2012 Big Sit. Jamie Hill's house deck.

The Big Sit! 2012 »

Caroline Blue Birds, Ridgely, MD, Big Sit! 2018.

The Big Sit! 2019 »

Bell Hollow Buteos, Howard Pennsylvania (2017)

The Big Sit! 2018 »

St. Mark's Spotters during the Big Sit! 2016.

The Big Sit! 2017 »

Sandy Hook Half Mooners: Sandy Hook, Highland, New Jersey (United States)

The Big Sit! 2016 »

It's Time for the Big Sit 2015!

The Big Sit! 2015 »

2014 BIG SIT at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Philadelphia PA. Spectacular day with 200+ friends and visitors and record-breaking number of birds - 88 species from 5:15am-6:45pm!

The Big Sit! 2014 »

COAN 2013 Big Sit. Some birds fly past below us, like this Great Egret. Photo by Mark Stackhouse.

The Big Sit! 2013 »

Thorne Swift Nature Preserve's observation deck overlooking Little Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan, near Harbor Springs, MI.

The Big Sit! 2011 »

Cape May Big Sit under cloud of Tree Swallows. Cape May Bird Observatory, The Big Sit! 2010. Photo by Don Friday.

The Big Sit! 2010 »

The Big Sit! 2009. Photo by the Sanderlings.

The Big Sit! 2009 »

Hawk Hill Big Sit! 2007. The team includes Mr. Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang, Mr. Chatuporn Sasawdee, Miss Waraporn Jeepota and Dr. Chaiyan Kasorndorkbua.

The Big Sit! 2007 »

John Ennis siting in the count circle (circle marked by white flags). Photo by circle Fort Fisher, 2006.

The Big Sit! 2006 »

The Big Sit! 2008 at Indigo Hill, Whipple, OH. Photo by the Whipple Bird Club.

The Big Sit! 2008 »

Big Sit 2014 group shot by the Whipple Bird Club.

The Big Sit! Results From Previous Years »

Black-and-white Warbler (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

The Big Sit: The Golden Bird »

Rules of The Big Sit! »

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