The First Day of Spring Big Day

Friday, March 21 at 5pm until 5pm on Saturday, March 22, 2025

       It'll soon be Spring, and what better way to celebrate than by scouring the Anchorage Municipality for birds. From Eklutna to Portage--How many species can your team find in 24 hours from 5:00 pm Friday until 5:00 pm Saturday?
        

It's a Big Day to usher in Spring. Who knows what will turn up? It's simple: Get a team together, make a strategic plan, and go birding. All team members must see all birds counted by the team. (An exception exists for hard-of-hearing team members—Birds may be counted if heard by all team members who do not have hearing problems.)
        

Bird as much or as little of the 24 hours as you like. See them, hear them, and write them down. Since the First Day of Spring falls in mid-week, who knows what migrants will arrive by the weekend?
       

 Just register your team in advance by emailing flybynightclub at gci dot net      Then, just email your team’s results to flybynightclub at gci dot net and results will be emailed and posted.
        

And there will be a CASH PRIZE!!! One Dollar per species will be awarded to the winning team! Imagine making money by going birding! The winners could make as much as a whopping $35 or $40 for only 24 hours work. That's $1.67 per hour which is more than most birders earn in a lifetime! There's no better way to welcome Spring!

        The record for species seen by the winning team is held by Sulli Gibson and Andy Bankert who logged 40 species in 2020, but several teams are already plotting their dethronement.

         We hope to run into you in the field at all the usual spots.


GET YOUR TEAM TOGETHER NOW!