Listers (2026)
A glimpse into extreme birdwatching
Two brothers dive into competitive birdwatching, living in a van for a year while traveling across the country to participate in a Big Year contest.
- Date of release
- 2026-05-01
- TMDB
- 8.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Owen Reiser
Casting
- Quentin Reiser — Self
- Owen Reiser — Self / Narrator (voice)
- Tammy McQuade — Self
- David McQuade — Self
- Hannah Toutinghi — Self
- Alex Patia — Self
- Ezekial Dobson — Self
- Alex Lamoreaux — Self
- Liam Hutcheson — Self
- Robert Carter — Self
- Alvaro Jaramillo — Self
- Sparky Stensaas — Self
Interesting facts
Listers: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching is a 2025 documentary film about birding by brothers Owen and Quentin Reiser and published on YouTube. The feature-length film follows the brothers as they attempt a big year, a birdwatching term for an attempt to observe as many species of bird as possible in a calendar year. The film received positive reviews for its cinematography, humor, and appeal beyond the birding community. It was released with an accompanying book, Field Guide of All the Birds We Found One Year in the United States.
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