For as long as I can remember my dad has had a passion for birds and birding, and from the time I was young child he tried to get me interested in birds and birding. Despite his persistent efforts, however, for most of my life I remained absolute in my resistance to getting into birding – after all, birds were lame and boring, right?
Eventually, beginning in around 2016, my dad and I began to go on a series of camping trips every year – camping trips which just *coincidentally* found is in counties my dad still needed to get to 100 species in to complete his since-achieved goal of seeing 100 species in each of Michigan’s 83 counties. While on these trips he kept planting seeds here-and-there; trying to convince me that, if I would just give it a try, he knew birding would be something that would interest me.
Finally in the spring of 2018 I caved and created an eBird account, and soon after accompanied my dad and his friend and birding companion John Porath on a trip to Magee Marsh for the Biggest Week in American Birding festival.
First and foremost - thank you to anyone who chooses to support me in this insane adventure of mine. When I initially had this idea and began planning I didn't even consider the possibility that others would want to support me, but I am extremely grateful to those who have reached out to do so. For those who are interested in supporting me, I have set up a Patreon, which can be accessed by clicking the logo to the left (or you can send me a message via the contact page). Again, thank you for your incredibly generous support!
All Patrons will receive my "Daily Notes" 12-36 hours after the end of each day, and Patrons subscribed to the "Sponsor" tier will receive monthly postcards, mailed out between the 25th and end of each month.
For anyone who wishes to support me without using Patreon, clicking the "$" Icon will link you to my Venmo as well. There is also an option on Patreon to purchase my Daily Notes Collection for a one-time $10 payment without becoming a paid member, which will give you access to the Daily Notes without having to subscribe to a monthly subscription.
Thank you again to those of you who have supported me so far, it's tremendously generous and greatly appreciated.
Follow me on my journey to see 100 species in every Lower-48 State during 2025, experience some of the incredible places and events in American birding, and meet and bird with as many local birders as possible along the way.
Posts will be made every Wednesday (I will try to have them out by 5pm, but situationally they might be a bit later) and will cover the previous Monday through Sunday. Additional posts will be made periodically with no set schedule.
