Welcome to a blog by birders, for birders!

Well, I have finally decided to make the jump to blogging. This blog will discuss birds, birding, birders, and all related subjects. This is not an environmental blog, although those issues may creep up in time. Eventually my other interests -- politics, music, Salma Hayek, or whatever -- may pop up, but right now it's birds. Since I live in Chicago, that will be my initial focus, but birding anywhere in the world is fair game. I hope to create discussion, even a controversy now and then, but the great thing about blogging is that if you don't want to hear what I have to say (and many of you won't!), you don't have to visit my blog...