I just found a blog following Dorian Anderson who is doing a fundraising green big year. He started yesterday on a “zero-petroleum” for transportation big year, by bike and foot.  Amazingly his first two birds were snowy and short-eared owls by bike in Massachusetts.  I plan to follow him at http://bikingforbirds.blogspot.com   I’m sure our Eastern WA class trip will be relatively balmy compared to his Jan 1 day biking for birds in MA at 8 degres F.  I though some of you might enjoy this.