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DBC members can help support the restoration and management of habitat for birds in our DuPage County Forest Preserves while having fun at the same time. The Friends of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, the 501 (C) (3) charitable organization that raises private donations to support District programs, is holding two fundraising and fun events in August and September. All monies raised will be used to restore and manage wildlife habitat in the County. The first event is a Duck Race at the Fullersberg Woods Forest Preserve Preserve, which will be held on August 9th at 3:00 pm. […]

The DBC Education Channel on YouTube just added its 1000th subscriber, a significant milestone. This popular resource is a bonanza for birders who want to bone up on birding basics, improve their birding-by-ear skills, and explore the finer points of bird identification-and a lot of people have discovered just how helpful it is. Some of the more popular videos include the following: • Basic Bird Identification -1,200 views (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTn6n372iXY) • Bird Topography -2,500 views (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ9oUSNVjzA) • Birding by Ear: Empidonax Flycatchers – 1,800 views (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErTc_WH45CU) • Birding by Ear: Vireos-1,400 views (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoznOErXUCU) With more than 100 videos, most created by […]

The DBC Auction, our first in six years, will be held at the DuPage County Historical Museum in Wheaton on October 9, 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Auction Backstory: An Overview A little back story for newer club members: in the past the auction was held every two years, but COVID put a wrench in that and our last auction was in 2019. Its purpose is to raise funds for club operations and our grants and donations program-and to provide a fun social event for members and friends of the club. Auctioneers Denis Kania and Jeff Chapman will auction 50-60 items donated […]