Fred Weber's 2008 Big Year remains as the biggest Big Year at the Celery Farm ever, with an amazing 192 species.

You can read more -- and see all of Fred's actual checklist -- here.

On Sunday, you can read why Fred's list was disqualified. (Sad story.)

Happened to be walking near the Pirie-Mayhood Tower near sunset yesterday and figured it might be worth hanging around.

The photo above is from the tower.

The one below is from the edge of Lake Appert -- accessible because of all of Gabriele Schmitt's hard work. (Thanks, Gaby!)

Which pic do you like more?

In 2008, the redoubtable Fred Weber tallied 192 species in the Celery Farm.

A link to my blog post on the record and to Fred's list for that year is here.

Does anyone know of a bigger Celery Farm Big Year?

Tomorrow: Fred Weber's Biggest Big Day (sounds like a children's book title).

(Thanks, Fred, and thanks for all you do for the Celery Farm!)

   Several weeks back, after we got wind that Fred Weber has set the all-time Celery Farm Big Year, we asked Fred and several other top birders to share their Celery Farm Big Year checklists with us, to form something of an on-line archive of these amazing documents.
  John Workman, having recently awakened from a winter's slumber, finally shared his 2006 Big Year list with us -- 172 species.
  John not only lists the birds he recorded, but he includes a drawing and a list of "almosts."