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Hello fellow birders, once again, the DBC Board has been weighing the Covid-19 issue, and the impact that it might have on our members and birding activities.  The health and well-being of our members is very important to us. Your Board has elected to use an approach of rolling cancellations so that when the Covid-19 restrictions are finally lifted we will have field trips in place and ready for your participation.  At this time, we have decided that it is in the best interest of our membership to go ahead and cancel all field trips from now until June 12. […]

Check out DBC member Jeff Reiter’s April 2020, columns in The Daily Herald at http://wordsonbirds.blogspot.com/. In the first one, Jeff focuses on a pair of Peregrine Falcons that roost in Kane County.  Fellow DBC member Vernon LaVia has been watching this pair for the last 7 years and is hopeful they’ll nest in the roost box he built for them atop the 22-story Leland Tower in downtown Aurora. In the second article, Jeff speaks to the annual spring migration show and how your very own backyard can deliver a great show.

The DBC Board has been looking for ways to serve the membership in the absence of our regular meetings and field trips, all postponed due to the Covid-19 quarantine.  To that end, we are pleased to launch the DuPage Birding Club YouTube Channel to deliver relevant video content. Our goal is to provide a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. We’re tapping the expertise of DBC President Denis Kania, who will record a range of mini-tutorials to provide bird identification strategies for challenging birds, tips for using our checklist, understanding parts of a bird, and more.  […]