What Is the Big Sit?
The Big Sit! is an annual, international, noncompetitive birding event hosted by Bird Watcher's Digest and founded by the New Haven (Connecticut) Bird Club...
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Tips for Easy Bird Identification
Identifying birds is at the very heart of bird watching. Each bird encountered is like a little puzzle or mystery to solve, because, while birds of a single species all share a certain set of physical traits, no two individual birds, like no two individual humans, are exactly alike.
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Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway
Occurs late January in Chico, California »
Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival
Occurs late January in Cape Canaveral, Florida »
Galt Winter Bird Festival
Occurs late January in Galt, California »
21st Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway
Occurs late January in Chico, California »
Wings of Winter Birding Festival
Occurs late January in Springville, Tennessee
