Welcome to my blog! I’m new to this, so, please bear with me. I’m starting the year with some Big News: I’m doing a Big Year! Now, don’t get too excited…I’m doing a Kerr County Big Year. I’m not a competitive person, but I don’t think that matters much, I doubt anyone else is doing the same thing. For those of you not familiar with birding, let me tell you a bit about a big year. A “real” Big Year is a birding competition, the goal being to see as many bird species as possible in a year. In the 1930’s, thanks to the publication of the first modern field guide by Roger Tory Peterson, people began keeping better[…]