Read about this in one of the Colorado lists I follow and thought people here might be equally interested. This guy is doing an unusual Big Year: by bicycle. New England, to Florida, to Texas, through the Great Plains/Rockies, Oregon, California, along the Mexican border to Texas again is the plan. Here is his blog page: Biking for Birds: A year-long, self-powered, bird finding adventure http://bikingforbirds.blogspot.com Along with two articles from McPaper (i.e., USA Today) about the blogger http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/02/birding-bicycling-conservation/4266209/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/02/birding-sport-big-year-citizen-science/4261529/ [If page wrap splits that second URL, copy it to Notepad (or similar) and put it back together.] BB, Hutch Lebanon, Russell County, VA