I am a fifteen-year-old naturalist from the Chicago suburbs, my main interest is birds and birding but plants, beetles, and butterflies are close behind

I have been interested in birds practically my whole life, and since 2013, when I went on a trip to Texas, I have been actively birding. A few months after I went to Texas I met up with a group of experienced senior birders and with Illinois Young Birders Club who have mentored me ever since. In 2016 at the Illinois Young Birders Symposium I founded Whimbrel Birders Club. I also created a survey about the top birding locations in Illinois and it was posted DNA info and was talked about on WBBM. Also, I was the Wisconsin Young Birders Club young birder of the month for December 2016 and got Honorable Mention for Conservation & Community module in the ABA's Young Birder of the Year contest in 2017.

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