Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.
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| Directing | David Frankel | Director |
| Writing | Howard Franklin | Screenplay |
| Editing | Mark Livolsi | Editor |
| Camera | Lawrence Sher | Director of Photography |
| Production | Margery Simkin | Casting |
| Production | Curtis Hanson | Producer |
| Production | Stuart Cornfeld | Producer |
| Production | Karen Rosenfelt | Producer |
| Production | Jeremy Kramer | Executive Producer |
| Art | Brent Bennett | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Art | Michael Diner | Art Direction |
| Sound | Bob Chefalas | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Sean Goojha | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | David Clarke | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Paul Urmson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Brad Van Arragon | Co-Producer |
| Art | Laurel Bergman | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Scott Calderwood | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Crew | Scott J. Ateah | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Trig Singer | "C" Camera Operator |
| Directing | Susan Lambie | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | David Husby | Production Sound Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Eric J. Robertson | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | Andrew D. Wilson | "B" Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Monique Prudhomme | Costume Design |
| Sound | Charles O'Shea | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Thomas S. Drescher | Music Editor |
| Sound | Theodore Shapiro | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Brent Thomas | Production Design |
| Production | Carol Fenelon | Executive Producer |
| Art | Lori West | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Peter Lando | Set Decoration |
| Editing | William Kruzykowski | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Julia Michels | Music Supervisor |
| Camera | John Clothier | "A" Camera Operator |
| Editing | David Rogow | Additional Editor |
| Sound | Dan DiPrima | Supervising Music Editor |
| Production | Ben Stiller | Executive Producer |
| Art | David Dowling | Property Master |
| Camera | Murray Close | Still Photographer |
| Writing | Mark Obmascik | Book |
| Crew | Ed Anders | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Martina Javorova | Art Direction |
| Art | Sonia Gemmiti | Art Department Assistant |
| Camera | John Clothier | Steadicam Operator |
| Crew | Mark Aisbett | Stunts |
| Crew | Celia Bond | Stunts |
| Crew | Curt Bonn | Stunts |
| Crew | Byron Brisco | Stunts |
| Crew | Dave Campbell | Stunts |
| Crew | Janene Carleton | Stunts |
| Crew | Mike Carpenter | Stunts |
| Crew | Laura Lee Connery | Stunts |
| Crew | Mike Crestejo | Stunts |
| Crew | Kim Duess | Stunts |
| Crew | Ryan Ennis | Stunts |
| Crew | Leif Havdale | Stunts |
| Crew | Scott Nicholson | Stunts |
| Crew | Todd Scott | Stunts |
| Crew | Ty Trand | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Jimmy Waitman | Stunts |
| Crew | Owen Walstrom | Stunts |
| Crew | Gregory Wise | Stunts |
| Crew | Brent Woolsey | Stunts |
| Production | Heike Brandstatter | Casting |
| Production | Coreen Mayrs | Casting |
| Production | Jeffrey Harlacker | Associate Producer |
| Art | Darian Deering | Set Dresser |
| Art | Mike Marsten | Set Dresser |
| Art | Guy Miller | Set Dresser |
| Art | Jacques Larrue | Set Dresser |
| Camera | Julie Donovan | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Sean M. Harding | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Greg Beaton | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Richard Sinclair | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Andrew Capicik | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Scott Cozens | Camera Loader |
| Camera | Jared Krenz | Camera Trainee |
| Camera | David Lourie | First Assistant "C" Camera |
| Camera | Carrie Wilson | Second Assistant "C" Camera |
| Art | Spencer Louttit | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Wes Hamby | Assistant Property Master |
| Production | Jason Miller | Post Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Daniel DiPrima | Supervising Music Editor |
| Visual Effects | Shandy Lashley | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Lighting | John Dekker | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Craig Jones | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Michael Mayo | Rigging Gaffer |
| Camera | Kim Olsen | Key Grip |
| Camera | Dan Gorval | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Gil Forrester | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Troy James Sobotka | Grip |
| Camera | Bryce Shaw | Grip |
| Camera | Aaron Wik | Grip |
| Lighting | Curt Griebel | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Andrew Mackie | Rigging Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lise Hache | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Grossman | Costume Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Don Vargas | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Heather Osborne | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Lavigne | Costume Set Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucas Comstock | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Summer Eves | Truck Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisa Love | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisa Love | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joseph A. Campayno | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patty York | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leah Ehman | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debra Wiebe | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debra Wiebe | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Geraldine Jones | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Simpson | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Production | Rino Pace | Location Manager |
| Production | Michael Gazetas | Location Manager |
| Production | Thierry Tanguy | Location Manager |
| Production | Jason Collier | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Dan Kuzmenko | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Corine Buffel | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Susan Crawford | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Karen Pelrine | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Patricia Barry | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Alex Burdett | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Art | Jesse Joslin | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Rob Dampier | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Keith McCulloch | Construction Foreman |
| Production | Debera Barager | Production Accountant |
| Production | Marc Borja | Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Rich Brown | Payroll Accountant |
| Production | Justine Hempe | Casting Associate |
| Production | Amy Nygaard | Casting Associate |
| Production | Laura Obenaus | Casting Assistant |
| Production | James Forsyth | Extras Casting |
| Crew | Lorraine Jamison | Unit Publicist |
| Crew | Sylvia Nablo | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Cliff Brown | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Bert Prevost | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Sound | Nicholas Renbeck | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Kenton Jakub | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Wyatt Sprague | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Steven Visscher | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Rick Chefalas | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Lawrence Zipf | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Paul Tirone | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Douglas Murray | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Beaux Neylon | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Charleen Richards-Steeves | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Fowler | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Paul Frye | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | David Lucarelli | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Eric Potter | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | George A. Lara | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Marko Costanzo | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Pete Anthony | Conductor |
| Sound | Pete Anthony | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Randy Kerber | Orchestrator |
| Production | J. Michael Williams | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Jim Brebner | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mark Bunting | Second Assistant Director |
