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Greg Miller, who was played by Jack Black in the 2011 movie, "The Big Year," will be in Chico next week for the 13th annual Snow Goose Festival. There will be a showing of the movie at 5 p.m. today at Pageant Theatre, 351 E. Sixth St. Admission is $5 at the door. <p class='dotPhoto'>All Chico E-R photos are available <a href='http://chicoer.mycapture.com/'>here</a>.</p> CHICO — Although he didn't expect it to happen, birder Greg Miller said he has found himself taking on the role of "an ambassador for birding," since he was the subject of a 2004 book and a 2011 movie.Miller, featured in Mark Obmascik's book, "The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession," and subsequently portrayed by Jack Black in the movie, "The Big Year," will be in Chico next week for the 13th annual Snow Goose Festival, Jan. 26-29.
Miller will be guest speaker for the sold out Gathering of Wings Banquet and a guest birder for several of the planned outings. He talked with the E-R Thursday from his home in Ohio, reporting that snow was coming down and visibility was "about a quarter mile."
Miller has been a life-long birder, getting his start as a child with his father. His love of birding became part of 2004 Obmascik's book, "The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession," telling of Miller and two others who spent 1998 trying to best one man's previous record of spotting 721 species of birds in one year. The story was turned into a movie, "The Big Year," also starring Steve Martin and Luke Wilson.
Miller was a bird consultant during the filming, which was shot in numerous locations around the country.
He talked about his experiences, including a visit to Vancouver, B.C., where he and the crew ended up in a boat in the Pacific in some "pretty rugged weather." The crew, he recalled, spent some of the time "hanging over the back of the boat."
Three of Miller's Snow Goose Festival outings are sold out, but a class Jan.
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The more familiar you are with the common sounds birds make, the more likely you are to hear them." While in Chico, Miller hopes to add one more bird to his list, the Falcated duck, which he'll try to catch sight of at Colusa Wildlife Refuge.
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This cruise from New York City Audubon will focus on birds that migrate to this region in winter, like many ducks and geese, and will also visit the harbor seals that can be found around Governors, Hoffman and Swinburne Islands.
The snow geese congregate by the thousands and stage massive lift-offs at dusk. Their cackling fills the air and the sound of their flapping wings is like the roar of a crowd in a stadium. It's an exhilarating experience. Wild Turkey update: This
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