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Save the date and make plans to participate in the 2026 Spring Bird Count (SBC) in DuPage County on Saturday, May 9. The Spring Bird Count is held annually throughout Illinois around the first weekend in May and is intended to provide data on early spring bird migration throughout Illinois. It is also a great opportunity for birders of all skill levels to get out in the field and look for all those amazing and colorful spring migrants moving through northeastern Illinois. The DuPage Birding Club coordinates the Spring Bird Count efforts in DuPage County, and last year we recorded […]

In case you missed it, this “lightning round” webinar on February 11 reported on various bird conservation advocacy issues, both here in the Chicago area and across Illinois. It also provided information about volunteering for a number of local, ongoing bird conservation projects. The Chicago Bird Alliance organized this important event.  Watch the recording here.

The Bird Conservation Network (BCN) is recruiting new monitors for the annual BCN Survey. Here’s a chance to make a difference for birds by joining the dozens of other birders who spend a few mornings each summer monitoring our breeding birds. Now in its 27th year, this important community science project provides land managers and researchers data on bird presence and abundance trends to inform restoration and management decisions. It relies on birders who can reliably identify our resident birds by sight and sound during the June and early July breeding season. Training tools are available to learn the simple […]