DBC member and Daily Herald columnist Jeff Reiter recaps the joys, disappointments, and surprises Chicagoland birding offered in 2019. As Jeff said in his annual review “The 2019 birding year wasn’t boring.” He reviews and reminds us of some of the most interesting rarities and birding events from the last year. Jeff Reiter's full column is at his Words on Birds blog and the newspaper column about birds, birding and birders, in the Daily Herald (west suburban Chicago) on January 3rd.