May Day! Searching for a TRIP Leader for annual BIG SIT (Oct. 9 OR 10).
Sandi Jones
The HAS Big Sit event has been each year at the platform at Station 43 (but could be established at a new location) – Thank you to Brian Kleinman for his past dedication to this event!
If you are interested please contact the Trip Committee Chair with questions or interest. Sandi Jones @ Fro...@cox.net (put BIG SIT in the subject line) or call 860 883 8996.
You do NOT have to be an expert birder to lead this! It is meant to be a fun event and the length of time spent on one of those days is up to the trip leader. It is a great way to learn from other birders in the circle.
This Big Sit event is done in a 17 foot circle and started years ago by New Haven Bird Club it is now an international event. (see additional general information below).
https://www.thebigsit.org/about
The Big Sit! was founded in 1992 by fun-loving members of the New Haven (Connecticut) Bird Club. In early years, The Big Sit! was held annually on the second Sunday in October. However, some Big Sit! participants were unable to Sit on Sundays, so it now includes the Saturday before the second Sunday. This additional day also allows for flexibility in case of bad weather.
Bird Watcher’s Digest nurtured and parented The Big Sit! starting in 2001 and turned it into a worldwide birding institution. Now this much-loved event is migrating back to the New Haven Bird Club. We thank Bird Watcher’s Digest for being such wonderful custodians of The Big Sit!
https://www.thebigsit.org/circles-and-rules#your-circle
If you are new to The Big Sit! or want to establish a new circle, the procedure is easy.
· Pick out a spot where you know there will be lots of birds.
· Mark a circle with a 17-foot (5.2-meter) diameter and a good view of those birds.
· Plan to be there in that circle for as many consecutive hours as are convenient and fun between 12:00 am midnight and 11:59 pm on either Saturday, or Sunday.
· Before you start birding, you should identify your circle’s location using the eBird app on your smartphone. Alternatively, you may identify your circle’s location on a map using the eBird website on your computer. You may use an existing eBird Hotspot if it accurately fits your circle’s location.
Circles have been located on observation platforms, in parking lots, fields, hill tops, backyards, and ocean overlooks. Any place that has a good viewpoint for seeing and hearing birds is suitable for a circle. The more varied the habitat within view of the circle, the better. For example, one circle is on an observation platform overlooking a northern U.S. lake with nearby marshes, forest, and a field. Another circle sits on a high dune in Connecticut overlooking Long Island Sound, beaches, a salt marsh, a river – a whole estuary system. Some circles are located on hawk- and passerine-migration flyways.
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