Our Project.

Malkolm puts together his bike at Phillipe's Bike Shop.

Malkolm puts together his bike at Philippe's Bike Repair Shop in Whitehorse.

When Malkolm Boothroyd finishes grade 10 in June 2007, he won’t be going on a summer vacation. He’ll cycle south with his parents Wendy and Ken on a “Bird Year,” a twelve month quest to count birds. Don’t feel sorry for him . . . it was his idea. Our Bird Year is similar to a “Big Year,” a quixotic birding obsession.

Our fossil-fuel-free 10,000 mile route winds along the Alaska Highway, down the west coast to California, and east across the southern US to Florida. Check our REGIONAL SCHEDULES and let us know if you have suggestions, or want to join us on the road for birding and bicycling or have us stop in your community for a slide presentation — we'll have many stories and photographs from our trip as well as photo and video presentations from our journeys in the Arctic Refuge.

If you'd like to keep track of the birds we identify, have a look at our bird list.

All of the bird artwork in this website was created by Malkolm.

Our project would not be possible without the help of many great people. THANKS!

"Malkolm the Birder Boy" (the video shot in the Arctic Refuge) is now posted on You Tube. Click here to view it.

Students! Find out what Malkolm will be doing instead of his Grade 10 (sophomore) high school year.