Results and Prizes
Grand Total Raised = $4,650
Clever Team Name Winners
- Big Lagoonies @ Humboldt Park, Chicago, Cook County
- Limpkin Bigsitz @ Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge, Mason County
- Back Porch Perched Prairie Peepers @ South Homer Township, Champaign County
Top Fundraisers
- Big Marsh Fwrens – $1,038.73
- The Jaeger Masters – $1,030.15
- The Birding Bonanza @ Rollins Savanna – $495.80
Funds raised go directly towards supporting IOS initiatives including the Illinois Young Birders program, supporting bird research and conservation in Illinois through the IOS Grant Program. Thank you to all our teams for your fundraising efforts! Many teams raised hundreds of dollars and we had a lot of different people supporting the event. Kudos to you all!
Yard Big Sit Species Total Winners
- Big Sit at the Magic Fountain! – 45 species
- Team Member: Aerin Tedesco
- Back Porch Perched Prairie Peepers – 37 species
- Team Member: Britt Carlson
- Zakyard Birding – 28 species
- Team Member: Zachary Sutton
Overall Big Sit Species Total Winners
- Limpkin Bigsitz – 95 species
- Team Members: Evan Smith, Sarah Winnicki-Smith, Emma Winnicki-Smith, aerin tedesco
- The Jaeger Masters – 73 species
- Team Members: Henry Meade, Peter Tolzmann, Owen Woodhouse
- Big Marsh Fwrens – 69 species
- Team Members: Matt and Vickie Igleski, Carl Giometti, Stephanie Beilke, Jake Vinsel, Ian Sarmiento, Paul Senner, Kelly Ballantyne, Brianna and Jim Joyce
Across the state, big sitters saw a combined 163 species of birds!