Birding With Barba

It's Owl Week at @SipleySchool Birding Club! Students were able to explore owl skulls, wings, talons, and owl pellet remains, while listening to different owl calls they may hear at night in the great state of IL. #BirdingClub

@birda_org Black-billed Magpie. Super fun bird to watch!

...It's time for a Wildlife at Speed Wednesday! What's this blurry bird?? Pop your guesses in the comments and come back tomorrow for the answer! #birding #birdwatching #whatbird #wildlifeatspeed #birdID #birdidhelp #whatbirdisthis #blurrybird #wildlifewednesday #livewilder

Happy National Bird Day! #BirdingClub

Winter is approaching, which can be a heartbreaking time for Illinois birders.

Bird photography tips.

8 out of 9 woolly bear caterpillars agree it will be a mild winter. Severe or mild, they'll all be frozen solid under leaf litter anyway. In the spring, these caterpillars will thaw out, pupate within cocoons and emerge as adult Isabella tiger moths. 📷 USFWS

@nico1e_snow The @dupageforest has these awesome Nature Discovery Boxes that you can borrow. dupageforest.org/things-to-do/s…

@MaestroBarba @SipleySchool Where did you get all that stuff

It's Owl Week at @SipleySchool Birding Club! Students were able to explore owl skulls, wings, talons, and owl pellet remains, while listening to different owl calls they may hear at night in the great state of IL. #BirdingClub

It's Halloween Week at @SipleySchool Birding Club! Students had the opportunity to be like vultures and get up close with REAL wildlife skulls. They used their knowledge of beaks and teeth to match each animal to its skull - courtesy of the @dupageforest loan box program.

This week @SipleySchool Birding Club students are exploring the many features and purposes of feathers.

This week @SipleySchool Birding Club students were introduced to Illinois birds by exploring replica skulls, eggs, and bird tracks courtesy of the @IllinoisDNR IL Birds Loan Box from the @dupageforest ... Next week's focus: Feathers.

Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska.

It's a beautiful day for a ball game! @SipleySchool @KCCougars

Birding with Barba! ⁦@MaestroBarba⁩ ⁦@SipleySchool⁩ ⁦@Woodridge68⁩

A little warbler guide for the three in the area right now #BirdingClub

The birding at @theforgelemont has been great. Palm Warblers, Yellow Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, great-blue heron, double-crested cormorant, Canada goose, Blue Jay, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Great Egret, American Robin and more! @theKRZOSenOne @Zei_Sipley

On April 28, 1967 Muhammad Ali refused to be drafted to fight in Vietnam. “I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I'll go to jail, so what? We've been in jail for 400 years.”

The lunar eclipse in May will be visible to the naked eye. Find out how to see it and other celestial objects on Thursday, May 12 at 7 PM. This live virtual program will be presented by the Adler Planetarium. woodridgelibrary.org/virtual-lunar-…

Spring migration is the best time of year! #birdingwithbarba