DVOC congratulates Brian “BQ” Quindlen, the winner of the 2021 Bob Billings Big Year award. BQ saw an impressive 257 species of birds in the DVOC program area in 2021, in spite of all the restrictions due to Covid-19 (restricted travel, no pelagic trips, etc.)! His total included a Heermann’s Gull, a species never before sighted during the 11-year history of the event. The award was presented to BQ during the April 7 2022 DVOC Zoom meeting, with members of Bob Billings’s family present, and BQ gave us a brief talk about his big year effort.
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DVOC congratulates Brian Quindlen (“BQ”), the winner of the 2021 Bob Billings Big Year Award. BQ had 257 species of birds in the DVOC program area in 2021, mostly in Philadelphia or the immediate vicinity, and in spite of all the restrictions due to Covid (e.g. no pelagic trips)! The award will be presented to BQ at the April 7 DVOC Zoom meeting, with members of Bob Billings’s family present, and BQ will give us a brief talk about his big year effort.