aerin Jan 12, 202211 min read The Official 2021 Backyard Bird Blog!Now that I finally have a backyard, I'm enjoying every minute of seeing what great birds show up! Here's a recap of an amazing year!
aerin Jan 8, 202228 min readChampaign County Big Year, 2021With time, help, luck and skill, I managed to break the Champaign County Big Year record! Here's how I did it!
aerin Jan 31, 202113 min readThe Official 2020 Backyard Bird Blog!We moved in to a new house in Champaign and the birds started flocking to our yard! Check out all the awesome birds that visited here!
aerin Jan 15, 202123 min readMy 2020 Big Year Join me on a birding rollercoaster ride as I try to see as many birds in the state of Illinois (and a few others!) in one year!
aerin Sep 3, 20204 min readBirding Plum Creek Forest PreservePlum Creek Forest Preserve is an excellent birding hot spot in southern Cook County. It is approximately 1 hour by car from the north...
aerin Jun 9, 202016 min readBirding Trip to Southern Illinois, 6/7-6/8/2020Join me on my journey to get my 7 target birds, including lifers BARN OWL and SWAINSON’S WARBLER!
aerin Jun 3, 202011 min readEast Tawas Birding Trip Report by aerin tedescoEast Tawas, MI is one of the few places the rare Kirtland’s Warbler breeds. I was lucky enough to see them there in their breeding habitat!