An Interesting Profile of Noah Strycker and his big year (6, 042 species)

see www.independent.co.uk/environment/there-will-be-birds-meet-noah-strycker-the-worlds-greatest-birdwatcher-a7051161.html

Note: “Wherever he went, he would be accompanied by local birders that he’d met on previous trips or contacted online.” … “Birding works on an honour system. “There’s really no reason to cheat; it’s just lying to yourself,” Strycker says. Nevertheless, for the avoidance of doubt, each of his 2015 sightings was witnessed by at least one other person. ”