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I was contacted, somewhat randomly I'm sure, by an American birder doing a Big Year. He currently has 729 species, which puts him within 17 species of beating the all-time record as depicted in the movie. He does NOT have PFGO. John has just returned home (I think) from Gambell & Nome, Alaska & will be trying to decide whether to come here for the PFGO. As this decision will be made day-by-day, so to speak, it's critical that we have updates every day. Positives are great, but also, if you see by late in the day that there are no positive reports, & you spent quite a lot of time without seeing the bird, then a negative report is valuable too. 2-3 days of negative reports likely equals PFGO gone. Dave Currie has kindly offered to take the lead hosting role & we'd work together re finding the bird, if it happens. John's web site is here: http://www.bigyear2011.com/ GRAY PARTRIDGE: Surprisingly, John does not have this species in the 729. If anyone in Truro, Colchester Co., or even PEI, knows where this species can be found virtually every day, with a few hours work, this could be much appreciated. You could contact Dave or myself or just post the facts here. Thanks !! It could be fun to help with the final 17. BTW, it's very unlikely we'd have any other species of interest but if you're super keen, go here http://www.bigyear2011.com/bird-list/ & download the first link on the second line. You won't find much, but Lapwing for instance comes to mind. The needed species are all down below the list of 729. Regards, Rick Whitman
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