The Big Year Podcast

I began my birding journey in 2012 having never picked up a pair of binoculars. I decided to learn by doing an ABA,(American Birding Association), Big Year and finished with 600 species. 10 years later, in 2022 I did a Canada Big Year, and counted 456 species.Now I get to talk to the birders of the Big Year, from Sandy Komito who was the first birder to do two Big Years, to Eve Morrell who was only the second woman to see more than 760 species in the continental ABA Area and provincial Big Year Birder, Karen Miller, who still holds the New Brunswick, Canada provincial record of 303 species.

The Big Year Podcast is a sports podcast hosted by Robert Baumander, with 35 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Robert Baumander hosts The Big Year Podcast, a sports show with 35 episodes published.

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  Episode #30

  Season 4, Episode 4: Back on the Road, Again

  Jul 15, 202641 minS0

  <p>Yes, once again, I am back on the road again.  Welcome back to the Big Year Podcast, I remain and am still Robert Baumander and you’re well, you.  And thanks for being you and taking the time to listen.  Today we’re taking a little break from Big Year Birders and talking to a few birders I’ve met on the road and talked to over the past year.  I think you’ll find their stories fun, interesting and maybe even a little bit inspirational.  Of course, my favourite questions when meeting birders in the field, are, “Have you seen the bi...

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  Episode #29

  Season 4, Episode 3: Tobin Brown’s Nebraska Big Year, and a Whooping Craine update

  Jun 15, 202638 minS0

  <p>A hardy welcome to summer birding and the return, after a break for migration, of The Big Year Podcast.  Seems silly of me to tell you the title of the show, since you must have known it when you clicked on the podcast to begin with.  </p> <p> </p> <p>Today, we have two guests.  Our first guest is Tobin Brown, who did a Nebraska Big Year, and broke the previous record for birds seen in the state for a single year.  And our second guest, Brooke Showan will tell her story of having found, through serendipity, or just reall...

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  Episode #28

  Season 4, Episode 2: Canadian Astronaut Roberta Bondar, and A Space for Birds

  May 1, 20261h 11mS0

  <p>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, gathered around the black-and-white television in my parent's bedroom, we watched the broadcast of the Apollo 11 moon landing.  At 10:56pm EDT time we witnessed, along with the rest of the world, a grainy, gray-scale image of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the lunar surface and say, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”  Neil left out a single...

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  Episode #27

  Season 4, Episode 1: Josh van der Meulen’s 2012 Ontario Big Year

  Apr 1, 202658 minS0

  <p>The Big Year Podcast April 1, 2026</p> <p> </p> <p>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 been an exciting journey and this season promises to be the best ever.  Maybe. Or not.  I’ll let you be the judge, when it’s all said and done, but boy am I looking forward to some of the guests I’ve already lined up.  In addition to Big Year birders, you’ll get to hear from a real live astronaut, who is...

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  Episode #26

  Season 3, Episode 8: Ellen and Jerry Horak's Big Years

  Dec 1, 202538 minS0

  <p>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 Finale. That’s right, l have been blathering on now for nearly three years.  When I began this podcast in January of 2023, with my big year birding mentor, Sandy Komito, I had no idea where this would lead. Actually, I’m not sure exactly where this has lead me, other than to accomplishing a desire since childhood to host my own talk show.  Back then I wanted to...

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