the Big Sit! 2026

The most relaxed birding around. And around and around … How many birds (and birdwatchers) can we identify from a 17-foot diameter circle between sunrise and sunset? Can we beat last year’s record? We’ve seen birds big and small, in night and day: from Kinglets to Great Blue Herons, Barred Owls to Turkey Vultures. This is a great long-running community science project. Pledges and donations welcome: We are observing from Dawn to Dusk. The Museum is open from 10am – 4pm. Call or email to ask about joining the observation team. For much more info, see https://www.thebigsit.org/ . Check out the reports from previous years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (overall), 2021 (ours), 2022 (overall), 2022 (ours), 2023 (overall), 2023 (ours), 2024 (overall)