The Big Year Podcast
Robert Baumander
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Season 4, Episode 2: Canadian Astronaut Roberta Bondar, and A Space for Birds
The year was 1969. I was a month shy of my ninth birthday. It was way past my bedtime, though it was only 10pm. In my memory of the event, it was the middle of the night. Along with my family,…
Season 4, Episode 1: Josh van der Meulen’s 2012 Ontario Big Year
The Big Year Podcast April 1, 2026 It is April 1, 2026, I’m Robert Baumander and welcome to season 4 of The Big Year Podcast. My 4th season? Really? So glad to be back again. Miss me? It’s…
Season 3, Episode 8: Ellen and Jerry Horak's Big Years
Welcome to another episode of The Big Year Podcast. I’m your host and guide to the world of Big Year birding, Robert Baumander. It’s December 1, 2025 and you’re listening to the Season Three…
Season 3, Episode 7: Liam Ragan’s Victoria Island, BC Big Year
It’s a rainy day in Birderland. It’s October 30, 2025 and I am writing this on night before Halloween. I won’t claim that this is going to be a spooky episode, but there are one or two scary birding…
Season 3, Episode 6: On the Road, Again
It was the perfect way to begin The Big Year Podcast On the Road, Again, with discovery of a very rare bird, right here in my backyard, near Cambridge, Ontario. A young birder by the name of Nathan…
Season 3, Episode 5: 2012 Ontario Big Year with Andrew Keaveny
Welcome all to The Big Year Podcast. I’m Robert Baumander and you’re, well, you. It’s the end of July, 2025, and you know what that means? Certainly an all new episode of the Big Year podcast,…
Season 3, Episode 4: Ingrid and Ethan Whitaker's Lower 48 Big Year
Happy Canada Jay Day. It’s July 1, 2025 and for most people it’s a holiday and a chance to barbecue, picnic, get away from the house and watch or set off fireworks after dark. For birders,(those…
Season 3, Episode 3: Alberta Bider and Guide, Gavin McKinnon
Well, thank you once again for joining me on the Big Year podcast. As May turns to June, spring migration is coming to a close. I've been busy all the merry month of May, birding in Long Point…
Season 3, Episode 2: Natasza Fontaine and Robert Gundy Florida Big Year and Artist of the
Happy Podcast day, one and all! Welcome to back to The Big Year Podcast. Thank you once again for joining me. It’s April 15, 2025 and spring migration is well underway here in southwestern…
S3E1 Season 3, Episode 1: Jean Iron
Yes, The Big Year Podcast is back. And after a long, cold, snowy winter, the temperatures are finally on the rise and the birds are finally on migration. It’s March 15, 2025 as I sit down to write…
Season 2, Episode 9: The Season Finale
It is December of 2024 and we’ve come to the end of another season of The Big Year Podcast. Welcome one and all as we look back on another year of birding or are looking forward to next year and…
Season 2, Episode 8: Josh Gant, 2020 Ocean County, NJ Big Year
Well, it's Friday, November 7, 2024. I'm now five weeks late for my latest podcast, this episode with Joshua Gant, which was supposed to have appeared on October 1st. Well, I got busy in October,…
Season 2, Episode 6: Marcus Legzdins and his 2023 HSA Big Year
Welcome, birders and non birders who have to put up with the birders in their lives, to the Big Year Podcast, with me, the one, the only,(thankfully), Robert Baumander. As I sit and type this…
S2E15 Season 2, Episode 5: Trailblazing Extreme Birder Lynn Barber
Today’s episode, features a trailblazer, who was the first woman to do a full out ABA Big Year and has been an inspiration to women in the birding world ever since she saw 723 species in 2008, one…
S2E4 Season 2, Episode 4: Brett Forsyth's 2022 Human Powered Green Big Year
Well, happy birding to everyone who has chosen to join me here today. It is Saturday, June 1st, 2024, as I type. I'm Robert Baumander and this is The Big Year Podcast. My guest is Brett Forsyth,…
S2E3 Season 2, Episode 3: Krissi Martin's 2022 Double Big Year
Welcome back to The Big Year Podcast. Sorry to have been gone so long, but birding seemed to drag me away from editing more often than not in April. Not to mention that I was recovering from a…
S2E2 Season 2, Episode 2, Part Two: Bruce DiLabio’s Canada Big Year
Hello there everybody, Welcome back to The Big Year Podcast. This is part 2 of my chat with the new all time record holder for a Canada Big Year, Bruce DiLabio. As I type this, it’s a sunny spring…
S1E1 Season 2, Episode 1, Part One: Bruce Di Labio’s Canada Big Year
Hello Birders, welcome back to The Big Year Podcast. I am so excited to be back for a second season. I wasn’t sure we’d get renewed but the birds tweeted their approval and desire to hear from even…
S1E14 Season 1, Episode 14: Kelly-Sue O’Connor and Birding with Mental Health Issues
Hello birders, and other non-feathered friends, and welcome to Episode 14 and the final episode of Season 1 of The Big Year Podcast. I am thrilled to have Kelly-Sue O’Conner, who runs Birder Brains,…
S1E13 Season 1, Episode 13: Tiffany Kersten’s 2021 Lower 48 Big Year, Part 2
We are back. Welcome once again to the show about birders and their Big Years. I had the pleasure of speaking with Tiffany a while back and in a previous episode we were discussing the life changing…
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The Big Year Podcast has published 33 episodes since January 2023, covering topics in Hobbies, Leisure.
The Big Year Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 38m.
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