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Subject: Big Day (Big Sit) DREAM Site: Where and When? 
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Date: Mon, 14-Dec-87 12:49:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 14 12:49:12 1987
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Hmmm, time for a new topic...
What would be your choice for a BIG DAY (BIG SIT) location?
That is, where would you go to tick a maximum number of species
in 24 hours (no restrictions on where, but do include a North American
site as well, if your first choice is elsewhere...).

(Note, this is not the same as `what exotic place would you like to bird
in for a day to get a fat list of mega-ticks.)

*** Here is the wrinkle: you would have to stay in one place.  A single
*** spot, approximately 2 metres X 2 metres.

1. Pick the place.
2. Pick the date (and hope for favourable weather).
3. You could have a blind or not, as you choose.
4. Assume a maximum party size of 3, all of whom must remain
   within the 2m X 2m plot.
5. The spot may be on the ground, or above it (such as in a
   look-out platform).  However, it must be stationary (e.g., sitting
   the bed of a pickup truck being driven about does not count).

Send choices to me via email, and I will post a summary...

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Name:   Richard Snell
Mail:   Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto
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