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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 […]
Christmas Bird Count Results for Fermilab Circle
On December 19, 2020, birders counted every bird they could see and hear within the 15-mile circle during the 45th FermiBatavia CBC. Eighty-one species were observed in the count, below our 10-year average of nearly 84 species. We had high counts of Hooded Merganser (44), Winter Wren (18), Carolina Wren (12) and Pine Siskin (327), while tying the high count for Pileated Woodpecker (2). Thank you to all the area captains and counters in making this year another successful count! 2020 CBC Results for Fermilab Circle