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Survey a lake for one hour on the third Saturday of July each year. If you’ve got time, survey a few lakes.
Global Big Day 2018 set a new world record for birding, reporting 2/3rds of the world's birds in one day: more species on 5 May than any person has ever seen in an entire year. Colombia alone noted 15% of the world's avian diversity in 24 hours.
