[Tweeters] Birding and carbon

[Robert O'Brien via Tweeters]

Carried to the extreme limits of the public transportation approach is:
"Birder bicycle big year" refers to Dorian Anderson's groundbreaking 2014
'Biking for Birds' project, where he completed the first North American Big
Year (seeing the most bird species in a year) entirely by bicycle, without
fossil fuels, covering 18,000 miles.
His trip was several years ago and the  book had to wait to more recently
to appear.  I just read it and am glad that I did. *Birding Under the
Influence*.  There is somewhat more coverage of how he recovered from a
variety of personal bad habits/addictions, and I would have liked to have
seen more birding details as well.  But there are quite a few as it is.  *Well
worth the read.*  And with some time spent going through Washington. But
this is unlikely to become a regular thing.  Especially since he saw ~620
species. in the 48 states.  AND, no pelagics.  They use fossil fuels. I
doubt anyone would try to beat this.  But State, County, City, etc. are
available for a much greater audience.  And then there's walking.  And then
there's the Big Sit which doesn't even involve walking, other than to the
sit spot.
Bob OBrien  Portland



On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM Nancy Morrison via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> When the Red-flanked Bluetail showed up at my house, I was introduced to

> the world of listers. I was freaked out at the number of people who flew

> across the country, or drove for two days to get to my backyard. There was

> one gentleman, however, who took all public transportation from the Kitsap

> Peninsula. It was getting close to sunset, and I offered to drive him to

> the ferry in my EV, but he declined. He was determined to do the entire

> trip on public transit. Can you just imagine if everyone did that, how much

> better the world would be??

>

> Nancy Morrison

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