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Mark Obmascik
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Mark Obmascik

Mark Obmascik has been a journalist for two decades, most recently at the Denver Post, where he was lead writer for the newspaper's Pulitzer Prize in 2000 and winner of the 2003 National Press Club Award for environmental journalism. His freelance stories have been published in Outside and other magazines, and he has aired numerous political stories on public affairs and television news programs. An obsessed birder himself, he lives in Denver with his wife and sons.

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Galveston Reads will host professional speaker, teacher and field guide Glenn Olsen on February 28 for a free workshop in nature journaling.
Guidry News, February 21, 2013
...organization sponsored by the Rosenberg Library. The 2013 Galveston Reads selection, The Big Year written by prize-winning journalist Mark Obmascik chronicles the travel, exploits, and single-minded obsession of three competitive birders in their quest...
Reviews: Three fresh mysteries for midwinter reading
Denver Post, February 10, 2013
...things guns. Meet the authors Join award-winning local authors and journalists Dick Kreck ("Smaldone"), Kevin Vaughan ("The Ledge"), Mark Obmascik ("The Big Year") and Kirk Mitchell ("The Spin Doctor") for a free and fascinating discussion about what...
Statewide count not just for the birds
Florida Weekly, December 19, 2012
...2011 film “The Big Year.” The movie was loosely based on the book of the same name by Mark Obmascik that follows three birders competing to fill out their “life list” of birds spotted. Competitive birding can be fun — and some take it...
Statewide count not just for the birds Statewide count not just for the birds
Florida Weekly, December 19, 2012
...2011 film “The Big Year.” The movie was loosely based on the book of the same name by Mark Obmascik that follows three birders competing to fill out their “life list” of birds spotted. Competitive birding can be fun — and some take it...
Annual Watsonville festival features famed birder
Inside Bay Area, September 4, 2012
...ll talk about his big year in 1998 - the basis for a book by Pulizer Prize-winning author Mark Obmascik as well as the fictionlized film account - and share the experience gained during more than 50 years of birding. A resident of Sugarcreek in northeast...
One Book One Denver may have trouble feeling Colorado, but Texas doesn't
Westword, August 1, 2012
...that it chose for its own program: The Big Year. Written in 2004 by former Denver Post reporter Mark Obmascik, the nonfiction book tells the story of three men — one of whom, Stu Preissler, lives in Colorado — on a quest to see more bird species...
Tom Patterson, who recast Denver sports news as Post editor, dead at 62
Denver Post, June 14, 2012
...staff meetings at the Denver Press Club, with premeeting attendance at Happy Hour encouraged to loosen tongues. Author Mark Obmascik worked under Patterson as a Post newsroom reporter and joined him on frequent group fishing trips to West Yellowstone....
Burr Oak to kick off year of bird programs today
Independence Examiner, January 11, 2013
...is borrowed from the book ?The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession,? by Mark Obmascik. The story is about three obsessed birders who travel far and wide to spot species of North American birds. A 2011 Hollywood movie was also based on the...
Rosenberg Library will host Discussion Leader Training for Galveston Reads: The Big Year on January 17 at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Galveston.
Guidry News, January 9, 2013
...Galveston reading. This years book is The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik. Prize-winning journalist Mark Obmascik chronicles the 1998 North American Big Year, the greatest or perhaps the worst birding competition of...
Burr Oak Woods plans birding events for January
Independence Examiner, January 4, 2013
...is borrowed from the book ?The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession,? by Mark Obmascik. The story is about three obsessed birders who travel far and wide to spot species of North American birds. A 2011 Hollywood movie was also based on the...
Statewide count not just for the birds
Florida Weekly, December 19, 2012
...2011 film “The Big Year.” The movie was loosely based on the book of the same name by Mark Obmascik that follows three birders competing to fill out their “life list” of birds spotted. Competitive birding can be fun — and some take it...
Statewide count not just for the birds Statewide count not just for the birds
Florida Weekly, December 19, 2012
...2011 film “The Big Year.” The movie was loosely based on the book of the same name by Mark Obmascik that follows three birders competing to fill out their “life list” of birds spotted. Competitive birding can be fun — and some take it...
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Fayette Tribune, November 25, 2012
...Casual birdwatchers will covet this book when their interest in birds reaches beyond the backyard. Finally, in 2004 Mark Obmascik published “The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession.” It’s the story of three birders competing to...
Holiday gift ideas for nature lovers
Charleston Gazette, November 25, 2012
...Casual birdwatchers will covet this book when their interest in birds reaches beyond the backyard. Finally, in 2004 Mark Obmascik published "The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession." It's the story of three birders competing to see the...