January 15: Day of rest in Aurora, Illinois

Well, it was a day of rest from birding, but not from birds. I spent the day at the school my cousin Dan Satinover's daughter Maddie attends. The fourth grade classes are starting an owl unit, and so I presented to all five classes in three presentations. It was exhausting but fun. Then I spent the night in the Justin Bieber room. (Why am I glad my spellcheck has never heard of him?)

I had just a few species between Maddie's house and the school, so my total remains 63 species for the year. It was wonderful spending a couple of evenings with a lovely family.