Most Extreme Bird Finding Challenge

Dear Hollywood,

The world is tired of overplayed reality show themes. People are sick of concepts like, "Put ten sexy college students in a house and watch them fight/make out" or "Put twelve sexy athletes on  an island and see who survives". What the public wants is something more dramatic and action-oriented!

With this in mind, I am giving you a limited-time offer to buy the rights to our new game show: Most Extreme Bird Finding Challenge! Think 24 meets Wild Kingdom!!!

Contestants have a limited time to find a wild animal, or else something bad happens. Here's a real-life example of how this might work:

Our contestants start the morning in Boca Raton, FL (Note to Producer: we start with the usual "get to know them" background). They first do a little warm-up birding during which they discover that Spot-breasted Orioles can only be found at daybreak, an hour before they got to the park (show that characters may fail). Then, the Challenge is revealed: Find an Egyptian Goose before the clock runs out and their flight home departs! They must leave by 3:00pm to catch the flight, so they only have a few hours. Let's see how it plays out:

11:30am :: Whipping out their phones, they find several reports within 20 miles, and plot a course through a number of parks toward the airport. They jump into the car and speed off through town (but not too fast, of course).

11:43am :: Confident, our contestants detour to V & S Italian Deli, for some tasty sandwiches. Just beating the lunch crowd, they're in and out in 15 minutes. (See the local sponsorship opportunities?)

12:16pm, Tradewinds Park :: So confident, they choose a shady picnic table to enjoy their sandwiches, and even pull a couple beers (more sponsorship) out of the cooler.This will be a breeze! Or will it?

12:51pm :: Beers and sandwiches gone, they have scoured the park, but no goose. Onward!

1:07pm, Pompano Community Park :: Tiny little park, so easy to scan. But not so easy to find a goose...

1:39pm, Skolnick Community Center :: Bad info! There is no Center, just condo towers. Retreat! (We have other tricks we can use on contestants)

1:46pm :: Jetting toward the next locale, a bird is spied on a canal as they drive over the bridge. Back up! That's it... nooooo, it's a decoy!!! (Example 2)

2:03pm, Chevron station adjacent to Caporella Park :: They run past a car wash, past a young African-American man calling, "Come get your car washed! New car or old car, we don't discriminate! Although they's gonna discriminate against us!". But scanning shore to shore, they come up empty. (Note brand usage for sponsorship. Also, local color adds some depth to the program, opportunities for recurring characters)

2:11pm, Royal Palm Park :: It was just seen a few days ago, but not now!

2:32pm, Plantation Preserve Golf Course :: Last chance! Less than 30 min to find the bird! But where to look?

2:35pm :: Contestants have to go into the Pro Shop and wait in line to ask where the trail is. (Getting info could also involve contestants having to do mini-games to win money to pay locals for tips)

2:44pm ::  Practically running down the mile-long path, they spy a promising shape in the distance... could it be? Nooo! it's a goose-shaped rock!

2:48pm :: Practically sprinting, he scans one side of the trail, she takes the other. And rounding a corner...there it is! The Egyptian Goose, on the bank of the pond! But now they only have 12 minutes to get back to the car!

2:58pm :: Back at the car, we have winners!

If needed, we have lots of ideas for making this more edgy. We could add alcohol (take a shot every time you miss seeing the bird!), guns (find the bird before the hunter does!), and/or bikinis (MEBFC: Hawaii).

I'll have my people call your people, and let's get this deal done.

Thanks,
Me