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| This Black-throated Mango is one of the incredible 1,545 species of birds reported from Colombia on Global Big Day. Photo by Juan Diego Castillo/Macaulay Library. |
Birds are incredible. Their power to inspire and amaze brings people
together across every imaginable boundary. Global Big Day is the
embodiment of this worldwide connectedness: a single day to celebrate
birds in every place on Earth. On 5 May, Global Big Day, 28,000 people
ventured outside in 170 countries, finding 6899 species: 2/3rds of the
world’s bird species in one day. This is a new world record for birding
and more birds seen by the Global Big Day team than any one person has
ever seen in an entire year. Incredibly, more than 10% of species were
reported by only one person, showing the impact that you have. This record belongs to every single person who took part. Thank you, and congratulations.
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