DuPage Birding Club

DuPage Birding Club Founded in January 1985, DuPage Birding Club remains an active, vibrant organization promoting birdi

Founded in 1985, the DuPage Birding Club is nationally known as one of the largest and most active birding groups in Illinois

. . . and we're off! A Great Blue Heron flying over a pond at St. James Farm Forest Preserve.
08/25/2026

. . . and we're off! A Great Blue Heron flying over a pond at St. James Farm Forest Preserve.

According to a piece by Christian Cooper in the Summer 2026 issue of "Bird Conservation," Cooper's hawk and the look-ali...
08/25/2026

According to a piece by Christian Cooper in the Summer 2026 issue of "Bird Conservation," Cooper's hawk and the look-alike Sharp-shinned Hawk are NOT closely related; they are examples of convergent evolution, which is why sharks look like dolphins and why so many unrelated birds worldwide are called robin.s Cooper's has been moved to a separate genus. It is the result of DNA analysis. Also, sooner or later Cooper's and many other birds will have their vernacular name changed--no more naming birds after people.

The birds are coming!
08/22/2026

The birds are coming!

There have been multiple sightings of Swallow-tailed Kites, most recently at the Stoney FOrd Canoe Landing in Lyons. The...
08/12/2026

There have been multiple sightings of Swallow-tailed Kites, most recently at the Stoney FOrd Canoe Landing in Lyons. Their white-and-black colors and long swallowtail make them easy to identify!

08/09/2026
As one of our Outreach volunteers likes to remind his audiences, "Birds have wings and they don't read books": This expl...
08/02/2026

As one of our Outreach volunteers likes to remind his audiences, "Birds have wings and they don't read books": This explains why we see birds out of their range at the wrong season! The fall migration has started, and oddities as well as the usual subjects are showing up. These birds showed up as new for the month of August on EBird.

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