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      • All Field Trips
      • eBIRD CHECKLISTS
      • Inclusive Field Trips
      • SITE GUIDES
    • Special Events >
      • book signings
      • OPENING CEREMONY
      • BIRDERS' BANQUET
      • BIRD TRIVIA NIGHT
      • BIRD TATTOO CONTEST
      • Karaoke Night
    • BIRDER'S MARKETPLACE
    • OPTICS ALLEY
    • EVENING SOCIALS
    • Morning Flight Count
  • Birding Info
    • INFO FOR NEW BIRDERS >
      • HOW TO GET STARTED IN BIRDING
      • BINOCULARS FOR BEGINNERS
    • BIRDING LOCATIONS
    • BSBO's Bird Migration Profiles
    • Timing of Migration >
      • Spring Migration
      • Fall Migration
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Biggest Week Media Coverage

We're so grateful for the amazing ​coverage from our many media partners! 
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Television Coverage 

Really great spot by Lily Lowndes at 13abc featuring Katie Andersen and Gary Peters
https://www.13abc.com/video/2024/05/03/biggest-week-american-birding/ 

Another great spot by 13abc
https://www.13abc.com/2024/05/03/biggest-week-american-birding-begins-nw-ohio/

More from 13abc
https://www.13abc.com/video/2024/05/03/biggest-week-american-birding-begins/

Print Media

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - story by Brandon Withrow 
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/birding-festival-ohio-biggest-week 

THE BLADE - Front page article by Tom Henry
https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2024/04/27/biggest-week-in-american-birding-avian-extravaganza-returns-friday/stories/20240422083

Port Clinton News Herald story by Roger LaPointe
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/flocking-to-northwest-ohio-heres-whats-new-at-the-2024-biggest-week-in-american-birding/ar-AA1nHB7i 

Ohio Magazine - Article by Kristina Smith
https://www.ohiomagazine.com/travel/article/see-the-biggest-week-in-american-birding-at-magee-marsh 

Digital Media

Owen Deutsch Photography Blog Post
https://owendeutsch.com/spring-migration-magic-in-may/ ​
  • BIRDING TAKES FLIGHT, MATT MARKEY, THE BLADE 

  • Biggest Week In American Birding Returns, The Courier 

  • Biggest Week is BACK, An Interview with BSBO Executive Director, Kimberly Kaufman, Between the Lines, Sandusky Register YouTube Show 

  • Biggest Week Set to Start Friday, Sheri, Trusty, Fremont News Messenger
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  • Experience Ten Days of the Best Birding, Elisabeth Keefe, Sandusky Register

  • ​Why Birds and Birding Matter, Kimberly Kaufman, Sandusky Register 

  • Altogether: Welcome Birders, Editorial Board, Sandusky Register 


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