The Big Year
by Mark Obmascik | Nonfiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780857500694 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780857500694 Global Overview for this book
Registered by awaywithfairies of Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on 10/3/2016
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Journal Entry 1 by awaywithfairies from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Monday, October 3, 2016
From the back of the book:
The strange but true tale of the extremes to which Man will go to pursue his dreams, to conquer and to categorize...
Each year, hundreds set out across North America determined to set a new record in a spectacularly competitive event. Is it tennis? Golf? Racing? Or even poker?
No, it's bird-watching. And a contest known as the Big Year - a grand, gruelling, expensive (and occasionally vicious) 365-day marathon to identify the most species.
The strange but true tale of the extremes to which Man will go to pursue his dreams, to conquer and to categorize...
Each year, hundreds set out across North America determined to set a new record in a spectacularly competitive event. Is it tennis? Golf? Racing? Or even poker?
No, it's bird-watching. And a contest known as the Big Year - a grand, gruelling, expensive (and occasionally vicious) 365-day marathon to identify the most species.
Journal Entry 2 by awaywithfairies at Children's Hospital Westmead, Hawkesbury Rd in Westmead, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, October 6, 2016