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YouTube Tutorial: Osprey in DuPage County
The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week we launch the mini-tutorial about the Osprey in DuPage County. After an absence of more than 60 years, the Osprey returned to DuPage County in the early 2000s. And now, Fermilab is home to three of their nesting sites. Denis Kania relates the history of all three, plus the possibilities of finding more Osprey nests in the county. As meetings and field trips have been canceled for the short term due to the Covid-19 quarantine the Board offers a way to connect with you and […]
A Rare Migration Fallout
DBC member Jeff Reiter’s June 23rd column in the Daily Herald and his Words on Birds Blog shares the excitement of the May 15 fallout of migrating birds this spring in his own yard. In his column he describes the fallout in his yard and throughout the region after a heavy rain. If not for the Covid-19 stay-at-home order he would have missed this rare migration fallout. Reading this column is a nice reminder of how rare and special this day was.
YouTube Tutorial: The Wrens
The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel. This week we launch the Mini-tutorial on the field marks and habitats of all five of DuPage County’s wren species: House Wren, Carolina Wren, Winter Wren, Sedge Wren, and Marsh Wren. Presented by Denis Kania. As meetings and field trips have been canceled for the short term due to the Covid-19 quarantine the Board offers a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. We are tapping the expertise of DBC President Denis Kania, who will record a range of Mini-Tutorials to provide bird identification […]