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The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week Denis Kania presents the Mini-tutorial comparing four fall warblers with olive/green backs and two wingbars: the Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Pine, and Chestnut-sided. The first two are especially tricky, and in the field are often referred to as “Baypolls.” Learn to tell them apart! As meetings and field trips have been altered for the short term due to the Covid-19 the Board offers a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. Several Mini-tutorials are live and focus on: Fall Warblers; the updated checklist of […]

The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week Denis Kania  acquaints us with DuPage vireos without wingbars: the Red-eyed, Warbling, and Philadelphia Vireo. Plus, a bonus bird also lacking wingbars, the Tennessee Warbler! As meetings and field trips have been altered for the short term due to the Covid-19 the Board offers a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. Several Mini-tutorials are live and focus on: The updated checklist of birds in DuPage; the return of Ospry in DuPage; the Tanagers; Hairy vs. Downy Woodpeckers; Pine Warbler vs. Yellow-throated

The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week Hummingbird aficionado, Denis Kania, shares his love and wisdom about these miraculous birds. After a world perspective, we delve into our Midwestern species, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird: how to attract them, food sources, favorite plants, mixing nectar for them, cleaning your feeder, mortality, courtship, and nesting. For an expanded version of this mini-tutorial, complete with Q&A visit: https://youtu.be/howrPH506qY. This was recorded by the Wheaton Public Library on August 5, 2020. As meetings and field trips have been altered for the short term due to the Covid-19

The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week Denis Kania guides us through evaluating the bill color, length, thickness, and curvature to help with an ID and give us insight into how birds live. Starting with a comparison of the ground finches of the Galapagos, Denis takes us through many families of DuPage birds, reminding us of why we should keep our eyes on the beak (or bill) of the bird! As meetings and field trips have been altered for the short term due to the Covid-19 the Board offers a way to

The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week Denis Kania guides us through the five plovers, big and small, that can be found in DuPage County: Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, American Golden-Plover, Piping Plover, and Killdeer. Get to know the close shorebird relatives of Chicago’s famous plover parents, Monty & Rose, in this mini-tutorial. As meetings and field trips have been altered for the short term due to the Covid-19 the Board offers a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. Several Mini-tutorials are live and focus on: The updated