October 11 Big Day

Incredible results from the October Big Day!

🎉 46,300+ birders

🎉 7,737 different species

🎉 103,900+ checklists

Thrilled to have contributed 11 checklists and 56 species from my local patches! Wetland birds for the win!

Credit where it's due:

@Globalbirding

@SwarovskiOptikBirding

@ebird

I joined Team SWAROVSKI OPTIK Birding for the October 11 Big Day.  
While this was my first October Big Day, guiding bird tours in the tropics means I treat every day like a "Big Day," making the most of every sunlit minute! 🌞
Highlights:
• A skulky Slaty-breasted Rail (juv.)
• Large Cuckoo-shrike, a locally rare seasonal visitor.
• A couple of Brown Hawk Owls that showed up during a last ditch effort to locate Greater Painted Snipe at nightfall. (no show today ☹

Massive thanks to Swarovski Optik Birding for their sparkling service in getting my Swarovski ATX eyepiece refurbished—it performed flawlessly and helped seal the deal on the Big Day. 🙏

And a huge shout-out to Dr. Thomas Worthington from the University of Cambridge for pushing me to join eBird! Glad to be among birders that count. 🤛 😎

Check out my Big Day tally: https://ebird.org/tripreport/420502

Check out my Global Bird Weekend tally: https://ebird.org/tripreport/421855

Check out my last bird of Global Bird Weekend: https://youtube.com/shorts/Ny5aOWWSigo?si=G8Fn0JsWeOkdhhRq
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