• Brian Herriott commented on the blog post Question 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    After you start a new blog post, under the title section, there’s ‘Upload/Insert’. Hover your mouse just to the right of that (there are a few icons you can hover over). The first one is called ‘Upload an image’. Click on that and presto!

  • Hi all, There are two American Birding Association camps for teens aged 13-18 coming up this summer – one in Colorado (June 25th to July 2nd) and one in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of TX (July 9th to the 16th). There are a few spaces available in each. Links to dates and other information [...]

  • Audubon and a few local forest preserve districts are doing a study of a potential shrubland restoration method, where we see the impacts of mowing different patterns into overgrown shrublands. This involves monitoring the birds in June (two early morning visits to the same three points each time) over the course of a few years, [...]

  • We should do a field trip to Homer Lake sometime in the near future.

  • Great job Ethan!

    Illinois Ornithological Society and ILYB are donating $50 to the ABA Tropicbirds team to support you in your efforts this year. We hope you have a great competition and we’re all looking forward to reading more about it once you’re done. Congrats!

  • There is a Young Birder event being sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology this coming August 11-14. Sounds like a fun weekend and a good chance to meet other young birders from around the country.

    More information can be found by visiting http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/YB2011

  • Brian Herriott commented on the blog post RE: Nandu 1 year, 2 months ago

    Hi Soren,
    You can post comments about a blog post by clicking on the link at the bottom right of each post. It should either say ‘No Comments’ or the number of comments. Then you can add your own comments relative to that blog post instead of starting a new blog post.
    Cheers,
    Brian

  • ThumbnailHi all, I just wanted to show everyone Nandu’s excellent drawing of a juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake. Great work Nandu!

  • Our first field trip for 2011 will be to Starved Rock State Park on Jan. 22nd for a day of watching Bald Eagles. Illinois Audubon is having a huge festival that weekend so there will be plenty to do. Trip will last from 9am until 2pm at the latest. On Feb. 12th, we will be meeting at [...]

  • Brian Herriott – posted new photos in ILYB 1 year, 4 months ago

  • ThumbnailWelcome to the ILYB Blog
    You can share your thoughts, photos, and artwork here!
    We also have a section where you can compare your bird lists with others.
    Don’t forget to check out the new website as well:

    http://www.illinoisyoungbirders.org

    Here is a preview: