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YouTube Tutorial: Attracting Hummingbirds
The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week Hummingbird aficionado, Denis Kania, shares his love and wisdom about these miraculous birds. After a world perspective, we delve into our Midwestern species, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird: how to attract them, food sources, favorite plants, mixing nectar for them, cleaning your feeder, mortality, courtship, and nesting. For an expanded version of this mini-tutorial, complete with Q&A visit: https://youtu.be/howrPH506qY. This was recorded by the Wheaton Public Library on August 5, 2020. As meetings and field trips have been altered for the short term due to the Covid-19 […]
Daily Herald Highlights DBC Resources
Recently The Daily Herald highlighted some of the new DBC resources to improve your birding experience. These additions to the DuPage Birding Club have been recently launched to add options and knowledge to the local birders of DuPage county. The three new resources for local birders are: The DBC YouTube Education Channel 15 DuPage Birding Hotspots The newly launched DuPage County Birding Checklist. These new resources are not only of value to the DBC members but also to the entire DuPage community. Read the entire article at the Daily Herald.
YouTube Tutorial: The Beak of the Bird
The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week Denis Kania guides us through evaluating the bill color, length, thickness, and curvature to help with an ID and give us insight into how birds live. Starting with a comparison of the ground finches of the Galapagos, Denis takes us through many families of DuPage birds, reminding us of why we should keep our eyes on the beak (or bill) of the bird! As meetings and field trips have been altered for the short term due to the Covid-19 the Board offers a way to […]