It’s that time of year again when people around the world join together to watch birds as they celebrate Global Big Day.
Held the second Saturday in May, this year’s Global Big Day on May 10, 2025 invites everyone who enjoys looking at birds to join in; there’s no cost.
And you don’t need binoculars.
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My Global Big Day of birding this weekend started at 7:14am Saturday morning and ended over 12 hours later at 8:33pm when a Great Blue Heron flew over Metzger Marsh as the sun was setting on the southwestern shore of Lake Erie.
Thankful for a good weather day with no rain, I saw 701 birds in seven locations in the states of Michigan and Ohio.
This year I saw 71 species, with 10 first-of-year birds, including one life bird (a bird I’ve never seen before): Swamp Sparrow. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Global Big Day 2019
It was almost dusk when I arrived at Magee Marsh near Oregon, Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie.
I was on the lookout for Great Egrets which I hadn’t seen yet for Global Big Day, a day when birders take to the field to see how many species they can see in one day.
I wasn’t disappointed. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Bald Eagle at Magee Marsh