Book Review: The (Big) Year That Flew By
The (Big) Year That Flew By: Twelve Months, Six Continents and the Ultimate Birding Record by Arjan Dwarshuis, translated by Els Vanbrabant. English translation copyright 2023 published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book includes a forward by Mark Obmascik, author of The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession published February 5, 2005 Many readers are likely to have read Mark Obmascik's book or at least have seen the movie. I've read all three of the most recent big year books that I am aware of. I published my review of Dorian Anderson's Birding Under the Influence on November 24, 2023 and linked my reviews of Noah Strycker's Birding Without Borders (December 2017) and his earlier book The Thing with Feathers (September 2017) at the end of Dorian's book review. When I recently purchased a couple of new field guides (Flycatchers of NA and Terns of NA), I noticed Arjan Dwarshuis's big year book in the same link and thoug...