Hi all,

The results are in from the 15th annual Brant Festival Big Day Birding Competition on central Vancouver Island.
9 teams competed
140 species were recorded in total
Some highlights included:
Yellow-billed Loon
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Northern Goshawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Ruffed Grouse
Blue Grouse
Virginia Rail
Sanderling
Western Gull
Ancient Murrelet
Western Screech-Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Say's Phoebe
Cassin's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
American Dipper
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Red Crossbill
Evening Grosbeak

Birds that were not recorded today included:
Northern Shoveler
Ring-billed Gull
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Lincoln's Sparrow

Prizes were awarded to these teams in the following categories:

Most Species;Open: 111 species, The McDucks. John Brighton, Neil Robins, Carlo Pavan, Ralph Hocken

Best Team: The Long and Short of it. Larry Cowan, Bryan Scott, John Vooys

Green Team Award: 105 species by bike: The King Reiders. Nathan Hentze, Paul levesque, Jenna Cragg, Guy Monty

Big Miss Award: Red-tailed Hawk. The Not so Swifts. John Cooper, Suzanne Beauchesne, Alan Burger

Bird of The Day: Say's Phoebe. John Ireland

Tale of the Day: Nathan Hentze. How I blinded Guy with a trillion candlepower flashlight!

The Bushnell Elite scope was won by Sandra Gray. Congrats Sandra!

Many thanks to everybody who participated, and to the sponsors. As always, it was a fun-filled event, and it's great to see so many birders together after a long day in the field.

hope that you all consider participating next year,

Guy L. Monty
Parksville, BC