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Wondering how to become a bird monitor?
Are you wondering how you might do more to help conserve bird species in the Chicago area? How about becoming a bird monitor? The Bird Conservation Network (BCN) conducts a breeding bird survey during the month of June throughout the six-county Chicagoland area. We’re looking for birders who would like to join our team and help measure how our bird populations are doing. Required are two early-morning visits in June to a preserve near you. More about the survey is here: http://bcnbirds.org/monprotocol.html What: Introduction to Breeding-Bird Monitor Training and; Winging it with Waterfowl Training Who: New and Experienced […]
An Annual Review of Birding in 2019
DBC member and Daily Herald columnist Jeff Reiter recaps the joys, disappointments, and surprises Chicagoland birding offered in 2019. As Jeff said in his annual review “The 2019 birding year wasn’t boring.” He reviews and reminds us of some of the most interesting rarities and birding events from the last year. Jeff Reiter’s full column is at his Words on Birds blog and the newspaper column about birds, birding and birders, in the Daily Herald (west suburban Chicago) on January 3rd.
Daily Herald Taps DBC on Crows
Burt Constable contacted the DuPage Birding Club for information on the reduced numbers of American Crows in our neighborhoods. Members were consulted for this story on crows appearing in the February 4th column in the Daily Herald. Denis Kania and Diann Bilderback are quoted, and the club gets a mention. Daily Herald
