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  The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. Mini-tutorial describing the Spring Bird Count (SBC), an annual daylong count of birds that coincides with peak migration. Joe Suchecki, aka The Springbrook Birder, provides a portrait of the Illinois count, focusing on the DuPage count which is coordinated by the DuPage Birding Club. Spring brings many species of birds and birds in great abundance, so it’s an exciting time to be out looking for them. Joe covers how the counts came about in (IL in 1972, DuPage in 1973), how it is organized, and how […]

  The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. Mini-tutorial covering DuPage’s two cuckoos to consider, the Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoo. Their differences go beyond the color of the bill, and remember that individuals can vary from the typical. And then there’s a chance you’re looking at a juvenile bird, which can differ considerably from an adult… The general build of the bird, the flight feathers, and the skin around their eye (aka, the orbital ring) are good indicators. Most important: the pattern on the underside of the tail. Next time you see a cuckoo […]