Calling all Central Illinois Birders!

[Jarod Hitchings]

Good evening Cen. IL Birders, 

With the 2023 birding year in the rear view mirror please consider participating in Listers Corner sponsored by the Illinois Ornithological Society.

Simply email Joe Lill at trp...@aol.com to participate. Some examples include total of species seen for the year 2023 in Illinois, Illinois state list, yard list, there are all kind of birding activities that may qualify. He just needs a simple email with any qualifying totals.

For this season I worked on my life lists for total species seen during Christmas and Spring Bird Counts. It is a fun way to see how birds inspire us birders to document our findings while conducting annual citizen science research. 

Please see below for details. The Deadline is tomorrow Jan. 31st.

Jarod Hitchings

Williamsville, IL

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From: 'Joe Lill' via IBET - Illinois Birders Exchanging Thoughts <ilb...@googlegroups.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 9:03 AM
Subject: [IBET] Listers Corner Deadline
To: IBET <ilb...@googlegroups.com>

For those of you who are deadline-driven (I know I am...), the deadline for submission to the 2023 IOS Listers Corner is January 31st. To see what we include, visit the IOS Listers Corner page at https://www.illinoisbirds.org/listers-corner/

A few people have asked about the submission process. It couldn't be easier: simply send me an email with your totals for the year. Some prefer to send them by snail mail; my address is below.

If you topped 300 species for the year, or have a notable number (a new county record, for example) we'll want a species list, but for the vast majority of submissions we do not need a list.

Joe Lill
5736 N. Avondale

Chicago, IL 60631

As always, please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions (trp...@aol.com).

Good birding!

Joe Lill

IOS Listers Corner Committee Chair

Chicago, Cook County