Birdwatcher Tarik Shahzad spotted 294 bird species in Cook County in 2024, surpassing the previous milestone by one.
Tarik Shahzad, 27, broke the Cook County Birding Big Year record, sighting his 294th confirmed species for 2024 at Montrose Beach. His 294th was a rare seabird, either a sooty shearwater or short ...
Congratulations to Joshua Greenfield, bird stroll leader for Friends of North Davis Ponds. He found 274 species in Yolo County in 2024. Josh explains: “I tied the previous Yolo county big year record ...