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Beginner Birdwatching (Online)
DBC member Vicky Sroczynski will lead an online presentation for the Morton Grove Public Library titled Beginner Birdwatching on February 8. Vicky will cover basic gear, how to find and identify common winter and yard birds, and ways to keep track of sightings. The program is part of the DBC’s community-based Outreach program. Here’s the link to register: https://mgpl.org/events/beginner-birdwatching-online
Mini-Tutorial: The Fermilab Bird Monitoring Project
The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. The Fermilab Bird Monitoring Project has been ongoing since 1987, covering large portions of the lab’s 6,800 acres of habitat, including a variety of wetlands, woods, savanna, agricultural land, and scrub. Monitoring there since the project began, Denis Kania explains the color-banded charts you’ve seen in DBC mini-tutorial videos—how the survey is broken into five-year time periods, with quarterly increments for each month—and how they inform monitoring efforts. He also shares the wealth of information available on its homepage, including a full list of bird species […]
Mini-Tutorial: The Mergansers
The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. Mini-tutorial presenting three of our diving ducks, the mergansers, found mostly in winter and migration months in DuPage. There are some similarities and striking differences among these ducks. Males are easily distinguished through their plumage and crest (from sleek to hooded to bad hair day). Females are more subtle, and what to look for in their necks, crests, and bills is detailed. Presented by Denis Kania. For more on birds and birding in DuPage County, visit https://www.dupagebirding.org. As meetings and field trips have been altered for […]