"The Big Sit!"

What is it?

A Big Sit is similar to the birding event called a "Big Day", in both events participants try to count as many species as possible, the difference is that in a Big Day you travel all over a geographical area whereas during a Big Sit you sit (or stand) in one location and count as many species as possible.

Bring your own chair (or use the bench seating provided by State Parks) and your favorite beverage and snacks and help us find birds. We'll keep a Big Sit "day total" and do "hourly counts" so that every hour the birds are "new" and we start over and count the birds we see. This means that whenever you can come there will be "new" birds to add for the hour and maybe even the day!

This is a nationwide event (see "The Big Sit!" website at: http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/funbirds/bigsit/bigsit.aspx). This will be the sixth year Denver Field Ornithologist has sponsored the "DFO Insaniacs" and we've had the highest "Big Sit" count for Colorado five years running! Several other Colorado "Big Sits" have already registered this year, so come help DFO's Big Sit at Chatfield stay on top!