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YouTube Tutorial: Tanagers

The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week we launch the mini-tutorial comparing three tanager species. Featuring two local tanagers, the Scarlet Tanager and Summer Tanager, plus the possibility of seeing a Western Tanager. Presented by Denis Kania. As meetings and field trips have been canceled for the short term due to the Covid-19 quarantine the Board offers a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. We are tapping the expertise of DBC President Denis Kania, who will record a range of Mini-Tutorials to provide bird identification strategies for challenging […]

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YouTube Tutorial: House Finch vs. Purple Finch

The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week we launch the mini-tutorial comparing two feeder-visiting finches, the House Finch and the Purple Finch. Presented by Denis Kania. As meetings and field trips have been canceled for the short term due to the Covid-19 quarantine the Board offers a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. We are tapping the expertise of DBC President Denis Kania, who will record a range of Mini-Tutorials to provide bird identification strategies for challenging birds, tips for using our checklist, understanding parts of a bird,

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DuPage Birding Hotspots Debut

Ready for a deep dive into some of the county’s best birding haunts led by the people who know them best? We’ve tapped the expertise of club members who know key sites really well, as site stewards or dedicated birders with a passion for the location.  When to go, how to work the trails, what birds are there and when, and what conditions we might encounter—it’s all there in Birding Hotspots.

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Hairy Woodpecker vs. Downy Woodpecker

In the absence of our regular meetings and field trips, the DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week we launch the mini-tutorial giving ID tips for two similar woodpeckers, the Hairy Woodpecker and Downy Woodpecker. Presented by Denis Kania. As meetings and field trips have been canceled for the short term due to the Covid-19 quarantine the Board offers a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. We are tapping the expertise of DBC President Denis Kania, who will record a range of Mini-Tutorials to provide bird identification strategies for

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Connecticut Warbler vs. Mourning Warbler

In the absence of our regular meetings and field trips, the DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week we launch the Mini-tutorial comparing two skulking warblers, the Connecticut Warbler and Mourning Warbler, especially the females of the species. Plus a few other similar species to keep in mind. Presented by Denis Kania. As meetings and field trips have been canceled for the short term due to the Covid-19 quarantine the Board offers a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. We are tapping the expertise of DBC President Denis Kania,

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A Rainbow of Colors

DBC member Jeff Reiter’s May 4 column in the Daily Herald and his Words on Birds Blog was all about Songbird Sirens, or as the Daily Herald put it, “A rainbow of colors.” Jeff highlighted five colorful spring birds for our area:  Scarlet tanager; American goldfinch; Baltimore oriole; Indigo bunting; and Blackburnian warbler. As he said, this is the most colorful time of year. Even from home there is plenty to see and appreciate.

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DBC YouTube Mini-tutorials Weekly

The DBC Board has launched the DBC YouTube channel as a way to serve the membership in the absence of our regular meetings and field trips, all postponed due to the Covid-19 quarantine. Our goal is to provide a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. We’re tapping the expertise of DBC President Denis Kania, who is recording a range of mini-tutorials to provide bird identification strategies for challenging birds, tips for using our checklist, understanding parts of a bird, and more.  This is timely content as migration gets underway! Visit the DuPage Birding Club YouTube channel

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New Mini-Tutorial: Pine Warbler vs. Yellow-throated Vireo

In the absence of our regular meetings and field trips, the DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week we launch the Mini-tutorial sharing keys to distinguishing between two beautiful yellow birds, the Pine Warbler and the Yellow-throated Vireo. Presented by Denis Kania. As meetings and field trips have been canceled for the short term due to the Covid-19 quarantine the Board offers a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. We are tapping the expertise of DBC President Denis Kania, who will record a range of Mini-Tutorials to provide bird

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New Mini-Tutorial: Spotted Thrushes

In the absence of our regular meetings and field trips, the DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week we launch the Mini-Tutorial on five spotted thrushes (Gray-cheeked Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Swainson’s Thrush, Veery, and Wood Thrush) + a couple of birds that may be mistaken for thrushes, the Brown Thrasher and Ovenbird. Presented by Denis Kania. As meetings and field trips have been canceled for the short term due to the Covid-19 quarantine the Board offers a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. We are tapping the expertise of

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DBC May Meeting and Field Trips Canceled through June 12

Hello fellow birders, once again, the DBC Board has been weighing the Covid-19 issue, and the impact that it might have on our members and birding activities.  The health and well-being of our members is very important to us. Your Board has elected to use an approach of rolling cancellations so that when the Covid-19 restrictions are finally lifted we will have field trips in place and ready for your participation.  At this time, we have decided that it is in the best interest of our membership to go ahead and cancel all field trips from now until June 12.

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