I just finished reading The Big Year, but haven't seen the film yet.   
Great read...and that's cool, Patricia, that you actually know Greg  
Miller...he was my fave "character" in the book!  I like the idea that  
there is someone closing in on Komito's record who isn't spending the  
10s of thousands of  $$ to accomplish his goal.
sj

On Nov 26, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Patricia Wood wrote:

> I just wanted to thank Dan Haas for bringing up the idea of twitter  
> and getting me interested.  By the time I emailed him about it, he  
> had decided the MD rare bird alert wasn't working out the way he had  
> hoped, but he was still very helpful and encouraged me to go on and  
> get an account.  He said it was very easy, and linked you to a lot  
> of interesting bird news and info--and he was right on both counts.   
> I started by clicking on the ebird twitter link, and was quickly  
> walked thru the process--on my computer, NOT on my cell phone.   
> Turns out, even twitter says that's the easiest way to do it, and  
> then link the phone later.  I went on and did the phone link but I  
> think I need to download an app in order to use it easily there, so  
> I'm not bothering with it til I call Credomobile (my phone co.,  
> which has awesome customer service) to walk me thru it.  Looking at  
> things on my computer is really easy, and so far a lot of fun.
>
> I came across something about another fun thing--the Big Year  
> movie.  Going to see it with other people, including Greg Miller,  
> out in Columbia was hugely enjoyable.  I found a twitter with a link  
> to an Atlantic Monthly article about John Vanderpoel and his attempt  
> this year to break Sandy Komito's record of 745.  I then found his  
> blog about the experience--he's up to 734 as of today!  He refers to  
> Greg Miller a couple of times in the blog, saying his finances are  
> closer to Greg's than to the other two birders in '98.  You can find  
> his blog with a google blog search (at Google, you click on "more"  
> to get to the blog search, then just put in his name).  I started  
> back at the beginning, and set out to read it all--I may finish by  
> the time his big year does!  Anyway, after our having such a good  
> time with the movie, and it's local tie-in thru Greg, I thought some  
> people who hadn't heard about this 2011 effort already might like to  
> know, and follow the rest of his attempt.  The blog is good reading,  
> and comes with some photographs, too.
>
> Patricia Wood
> Silver Spring
>
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