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October 14 is the annual World Migratory Bird Day and part of the Global Bird Weekend. eBird is sponsoring an October Big Day to unite us around the world in our shared love of birds. To participate, you must first have an eBird account and then you simply upload your checklists with your sightings. Last October, nearly 35,000 people from 185 countries submitted almost 80,000 checklists. Take a few minutes to demonstrate the power of birds to bring people together! The DBC will be supporting this special day through a presence with BCN at the Kankakee World Migratory Bird Day […]

The DBC is looking for pictures of birds taken between June 1 and August 31, 2023. All photos are welcome: amateur, funny, imperfect, high-quality. The “story behind the shot” is also taken into account when judging. The judges want this to be a fun contest; no categories have been predefined for award winners so every entry has a chance to win! NOTE: The judges usually do not give out more than one award to the same author if they submit multiple images. If you would like to look at past DBC Photo Contest winners CLICK HERE. The contest is open […]

  The DBC’s Spring ’23 photo contest was a great success! The 20 entries were judged by John Hebert, Andie Duffy, Steve Constantelos, Natalie McFaul, and Mike Warner. Because of the variety and quality of the submissions, the committee had a very tough time deciding on which pictures to recognize; the committee would like to thank all the photographers for their entries. Go to Spring ’23 Photo Contest Winners to see all the winning images and the stories behind them. Go to Members Photo Gallery to see the winning photos only.