This past weekend Stacia and I headed out to one of DeKalb County’s best forest preserves and one of the better ones in northern Illinois: Afton Forest Preserve. Despite getting a later start due to heavy fog and being stopped by a train, the bird activity was excellent. We discovered several Great Egrets and Great
Continue reading New Birder Experience – Shorebirds and Wading Birds
While there are a multitude of field guides to North American birds, does one stand out as better than all the rest? We try to answer this simple yet essential question as part of The New Birder Experience with Stacia. With the many field guides out there, birders often gravitate towards one or two absolute
Continue reading New Birder Experience – What is the Best Field Guide to Birds?
A recent trip to Horicon Marsh NWR was the beginning of The New Birder Experience. What was the first official bird to land on Stacia’s Life List? The weather was practically perfect: warm, breezy and clear. The birds were active and showy offering me, as teacher, a much easier time to point out birds. We
Birdfreak has found the most wonderful woman in the world, Stacia [stay-sha]. Not only is she gorgeous, intelligent, and sweet, she’s also completely into the outdoors! However, she is not officially a “birder” but we’re sure that will change! We have a rare and unusual opportunity here with The New Birder Experience: we get to
