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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 […]
DuPage County Checklist is Here
There is nothing like a little self-quarantine and social distancing to bring a time-consuming project to its completion. This is not an easy task so it has sat on President Denis Kania’s back burner since late 2018. For all, it will be worth the wait. This latest version is the sixth edition of a document that initially debuted in 1989. Each edition tries to capture the latest bird population trends. There have been considerable changes in populations as well as a fine-tuning of data analysis which led to this new and improved edition. We have dropped four species from the […]
YouTube Tutorial: Plovers
The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week Denis Kania guides us through the five plovers, big and small, that can be found in DuPage County: Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, American Golden-Plover, Piping Plover, and Killdeer. Get to know the close shorebird relatives of Chicago’s famous plover parents, Monty & Rose, in this mini-tutorial. As meetings and field trips have been altered for the short term due to the Covid-19 the Board offers a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. Several Mini-tutorials are live and focus on: The updated […]