ILYB – Young Birders Blog

Charlie Sheen couldn’t have picked a better time to start coining his countless catchphrases. It was right around when Tropicbirds sign-up was going on. I’m sure some of us know of his legendary tiger blood and Adonis DNA, but even more must know about his love of WINNING! Seeing as the Tropicbirds compete in a major [...]

I already mentioned the Tropicbirds (who I’ll be competing with in the Great Texas Birding Classic), and time is running out to make a pledge! The pledges are used for many ABA purposes, including Young Birder scholarships and funding Young Birder event! The ILYB group as a whole has already made a generous donation, but every [...]

I will be proudly representing Illinois in the 2011 ABA Tropicbirds team going to the Great Texas Birding Classic (GTBC)! The GTBC is a big day on the upper coast of Texas. Texas’s upper coast has impressive bird diversity and last year the team got 206 bird species in 24 hours! The event takes place on [...]