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DuPage Forest Preserve Features DBC Members
The DuPage Forest Preserve recently featured three DBC members and shared their perspectives in the Catching Nature blog. President Denis Kania shares how he found his true calling in the 90s after he accepted a role in natural resource management for the St. Charles Park District. He shares his perspective on being proactive stewards of nature, letting nature inspire us, and the interrelatedness of the natural world. https://www.dupageforest.org/catching-nature/denis-kania DBC member Anna Testone was always a nature lover but caught the birding bug when her daughter introduced her to Facebook birding groups and she discovered all the lovely preserves nearby where […]
Mini-Tutorial: The Swans of DuPage County
The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. With a special emphasis on telling the Trumpeter and Tundra Swan apart, this mini-tutorial presents the three species seen in DuPage County. The Mute Swan stands out with its brightly colored bill, but it takes some discernment to tell a Trumpeter from a Tundra—it’s all in the bill and the base of the bill. 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 the short term due to the Covid-19 the Board […]
Jeff Reiter Writes About the 2020 Illinois Young Birder Virtual Symposium
DBC member Jeff Reiter devoted his November 30 column in The Daily Herald on the 2020 Illinois Young Birder Virtual Symposium that ended with keynote speaker Kenn Kaufman addressing the kids and answering their questions. His column is also available on his blog, Words on Birds.