The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel.
Mini-tutorial describing the history and current state of the Christmas Bird Count (CBC), an international annual daylong count of birds going back to 1900. Here we focus on the Fermilab-Batavia count circle, which started in 1976. Since that time, DuPage and Kane habitat has altered, and environmental regulations have kicked in, so what birds are we seeing more or less of now? How are, say, the various woodpeckers doing? Is the American Crow coming back? What birds have been seen only once? What may the future hold?
Jeff Chapman details all of this, giving a nice portrait of the count circle. To learn more about the history of the CBC, how it works, and its various circles, go to the National Audubon Society website: https://www.audubon.org/conservation/.... For more on birds and birding in DuPage County, visit https://www.dupagebirding.org.
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 birds in DuPage; the return of Ospry in DuPage; the Tanagers; Hairy vs. Downy Woodpeckers; Pine Warbler vs. Yellow-throated Vireo; Sandpipers; yellow, female warblers; separating Louisiana and Northern Waterthrushes, a look at early-arriving small flycatchers and then a drill down on bird topography to help you analyze what you see when you look at a bird. And more fascinating topics will follow.
Visit the DuPage Birding Club YouTube channel  at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEilyuewO86Cds5CoA7-GcQ
Be sure to subscribe to the channel so you will be alerted when new content is posted, which will be frequent. Enjoy!