In 2015, Noah Strycker undertook the "biggest year ever" for birding: traveling through 41 countries as he encountered 6,042 species of birds in a single calendar year—surpassing the previous record by more than 1,500 species. Noah blogged daily about his travels, and many thousands of birders followed his trials and tribulations through the course of 2015. He was also kind enough to write up monthly summaries for eBird, which was featured throughout the year.

This is his final summary—the complete wrap-up of 2015 according to Noah Strycker. Read on to see more photos and also learn how Noah used eBird for all of his big year sightings. Thank you Noah, and congratulations on your amazing year!

Read it here: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/stryckersummary/