Our Own Big Year Birders on the Bird Banter Podcast this Episode

Will Brooks talks about his Washington State big year record along with his good friend Jason Vassallo who completed the 9th highest Lower-48 big year in 2021. Fun stories and a chance to live vicariously through their birding.

Enjoy.

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The Bird Banter Podcast #121 with Will Brooks and Jason Vassallo Additional Information

Ed

Winter North Central Trip without the Group

Ken really loves taking the club, previously the class, on our annual freezathon to North Central Washington. For the second straight year Covid made us reluctant to get a big group together for the trip, but Ken, Bruce, Jacob Miller and I managed a 4-day trip last over the MLK weekend (Thursday – Sunday actually) and as usual it was great. Read all about it on the Bird Banter site under Ed’s Birding Notes here.

Here are a couple of photos to tempt you. Snow cover was really heavy, and weather great except for some patchy fog at times.

Golden Eagle on Hess Lake Rd with a Gray Partridge
The old feeder spots seem to have gone, only one was still present and few birds were there. These 120 Gray-crowned Rosy Finches on Mary Ann Creek Rd were even better against snowy fields background and actively flying around.
Jacob’s lifer Snowy Owl on H Rd on the Waterville Plateau

Good birding. Ed