The DBC Education Channel on YouTube just added its 1000th subscriber, a significant milestone. This popular resource is a bonanza for birders who want to bone up on birding basics, improve their birding-by-ear skills, and explore the finer points of bird identification-and a lot of people have discovered just how helpful it is. Some of the more popular videos include the following:
• Basic Bird Identification -1,200 views (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTn6n372iXY)
• Bird Topography -2,500 views (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ9oUSNVjzA)
• Birding by Ear: Empidonax Flycatchers - 1,800 views (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErTc_WH45CU)
• Birding by Ear: Vireos—1,400 views (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoznOErXUCU)
With more than 100 videos, most created by Denis Kania with help from Joe Suchecki, this fantastic resource can up your birding game fast. The site also includes recordings of guest speakers at club meetings, Members’ Night presentations, and our new Birding Adventures series. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/dupagebirdingclub.