It's time for our annual member's night where DuPage Birding Club members present their slides and digital photos of trips they have taken to great birding locations both near and far. It's a terrific chance to survey some of the many great birding images captured by the club's skilled photographers. Come out and see beautiful pictures taken of many great birds and wonderful places!

Deadline for submission of photos is Friday, March 1. If you would like to contribute to the program, please contact Linda Padera at ,or (708)870-5385 for submission requirements.

IOS/DBC grant recipient Valerie Buxton explores occupancy, density and nest success of the birds in our local grasslands. Valerie is a UIUC graduate research assistant with the Illinois Natural History Survey.

The story of the Kirtland’s Warbler is unquestionably dramatic as it came close to extinction as recently as 25 years ago. But the people who saved the Kirtland’s Warbler are every bit as compelling. In “The Kirtland’s Warbler: An Extraordinary Bird, Extraordinary People,” Bill Rapai tells the story of how a physician, a dentist, a business executive, an anatomy instructor, a penguin biologist and a notorious murderer all played important roles in preventing the warbler from going extinct.

Bill Rapai is president of Grosse Pointe Audubon Society and has traveled across North America and to Cuba, Iceland, and Thailand to view and research birds. He was an award-winning reporter and editor for the Grand Forks Herald, the Detroit Free Press, and the Boston Globe. This is his first book A limited number of books will be available for purchase at the meeting.