Bird watchers across the country call it the "big year," an informal competition amongst birders to see who can spot the largest number of different birds species in a give year.
One Naples bird watcher hopes 2017 will be her "big year," with a goal of seeing more than 700 species of birds by the end of the year.
Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. on Gulf Coast Live, Yve Morrell joins the program to talk about the Big Year search that's taken her from Naples to Arizona to Virginia.
Also joining the program will be Kara Lefevre, an assistant professor of Environmental Sciences at FGCU. She'll discuss birdwatching in Southwest Florida and an upcoming birding seminar in Fort Myers looking at migratory patterns not only of birds, but also the people who watch them.
