By: Idaho_Birder
I just read “The Big Year” in the last month and loved it! How cool to meet Al on the birding trail and get this interview.Based on Al and Greg’s visit to Hollilynn Drive in Boise for Gray Partridge, I...
View ArticleBy: Murr Brewster
When my husband and I were hiking on Mt. Hood the other day, we saw fresh lion tracks in the snow. He said the way to contend with lions on the trail was to make ourselves big, just as you say. I said,...
View ArticleBy: Corey
@Murr: Just remember, you don’t have to be faster than the mountain lion, just faster than your slowest companion.
View ArticleBy: NickL
I lived in Colorado for a year and didn’t know where to find Rosy-finches. When I sent out a message for help on the local listserv, I got a message from Mr. Levantin himself, telling me that the...
View ArticleBy: Donna Schulman
I enjoyed the book tremendously. I’ve birded with a woman who was at Attu with Sandy Komito, and now I can say I’ve birded with a guy who interviewed Al Levantin. All I need is a birder friend who has...
View ArticleBy: Jean L.
It looks like a great cast has been chosen to play the birders in the book. I hope they do a good job with the movie, it should be fun to watch how the chase played out.In addition to the lack of...
View ArticleBy: Tyler Bell
Greg Miller is a friend of my wife and me. When he moved to southern Maryland before his Big Year, he looked up ABA members in the directory and Bell was the first one. I was in Florida for work at the...
View ArticleBy: The Z Bird Birding Blog
[...] 2004 book The Big Year, covering not only his big year but those of two others (Sandy Komito and Al Levantin), introduced him to an even wider audience. As regular readers of this blog know, a...
View ArticleBy: A Brief Interview with Greg Miller
[...] agreed to do an email interview – the second of the three birders from the book to do so. (My interview with Al Levantin can be found here.)me, Greg, and Christopher by Susan Kailholz-WilliamsHow...
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