2025 October Big Day & Global Big Weekend

Between October 10 and October 12 2025, the Project Phoenix community came together in a collective effort to celebrate October Big Day and Global Bird Weekend. During this fun, bird-filled weekend, millions of people all around the world went birding and submitted their observations to eBird, both in celebration of birds and to contribute to science. Project Phoenix volunteers also went out, both individually or with friends and family to participate. That weekend, the Project Phoenix community collectively observed an incredible 159 unique species and over 1,400 individual birds throughout California, Washington, and Oregon. Check out our trip report here to see the full list of species and checklists submitted! Superstar volunteers Carrie Brown-Kornarens and Krista Woods led group bird walks in Los Angeles and Pasadena. See a photo of a leucistic California Towhee from the Los Angeles group above!