Tag Archives: Andrew Farnsworth

9/11 Tribute in Light Illuminates Thousands of Migrating Songbirds

September 13, 2012 – 12:53 pm

On the eleventh anniversary of 9/11, twin spotlights once again shot into the night sky above Manhattan to offer a tribute to the men and women we lost during the 2001 attacks. It was a clear and cool night, almost calm and with a hint of a southerly breeze. In another long-repeated annual event, thousands [...]

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Sapsuckers Overcome Mishaps, Misfortune to Tie Their Big Day Record [video]

May 1, 2012 – 1:58 am

The concept of a Big Day is a bold one—a midnight-to-midnight sleepless birding blitz to see or hear as many species as humanly possible. Team Sapsucker—Chris Wood, Jessie Barry, Andrew Farnsworth, Marshall Iliff, and Tim Lenz—took on that challenge in Texas last year, setting the North American record at 264, and then they doubled-down for [...]

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264: A new North American Big Day birding record

April 27, 2011 – 10:15 am

The Big Day is over and Team Sapsucker has set a new record for the most bird species seen or heard in a 24-hour period in North America. By birding nonstop from midnight to midnight on Friday, April 22, Chris Wood, Marshall Iliff, Brian Sullivan, Jessie Barry, Andrew Farnsworth, and Tim Lenz amassed a total [...]

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Big Day scouting report: Heating up in Texas

April 20, 2011 – 2:03 pm

At the Cornell Lab yesterday we had snow, hail, freezing rain, and regular rain. In Texas, where our Big Day team is scouting for an attempt at the North American record on Friday (and raising money for conservation), it was 88 degrees with a hot 30-mph wind blowing out of the south. Over the phone, [...]

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Big Day Team Hoping for a Big Win—You Could Too (Video Contest)

April 19, 2011 – 12:29 pm

Team Sapsucker, the Cornell Lab’s competitive birding team, is scouring the Texas back roads for Black-capped Vireos, Rock Wrens, and Green Jays. They have two days of scouting left before they make their attempt at the North American Big Day record. For 24 hours, from midnight to midnight on Friday, April 22, they will race [...]

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