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Kick off Your Summer Fun: Monitor Birds with BCN
The Bird Conservation Network (BCN) is actively recruiting new monitors for the annual BCN Survey. Start your summer strong by joining the dozens of other birders who spend a few mornings each summer monitoring our breeding birds. Now in its 25th year, this important community science project relies on birders with at least three years of experience to count birds during the June breeding season. Training sessions will be available to review the protocols and help you enhance your skill-set for birding by ear. Have some favorite birding spots? Chances are good that one or more of them is an […]
Announcing DBC’s Winter 2024 Photography Contest Winners!
Best of Show, photo by Henry Meade The DBC’s Winter ’24 photo contest was a great success! We had many excellent photos submitted. The entries were judged by Andie Duffy, Steve Constantelos, Natalie McFaul, and Mike Warner (we’re looking for another judge so contact Mike at mwarner2543@gmail.com if interested). Because of the variety and quality of the submissions, the committee had a very tough time deciding on which pictures to recognize; the committee would like to thank all the photographers for their entries. Go to Winter ’24 Photo Contest Winners to see all the winning images and the stories behind […]
DBC’s Spring 2024 Photo Contest Now Open!
The DBC is looking for pictures of birds taken between March 1, 2024, and May 31, 2024, for the Spring 2024 Photo Contest. All photos are welcome: amateur, funny, imperfect, high-quality. The “story behind the shot” is also taken into account when judging. The judges want this to be a fun contest; no categories have been predefined for award-winners so every entry has a chance to win! NOTE: The judges usually do not give out more than one award to the same author if they submit multiple images. If you would like to look at past DBC Photo Contest winners […]