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December 2009
Outing: Please note that our ‘December’ outing will be any of the CBC’s to be conducted in our local area from December 14th thru
January 5th. See the Christmas Bird Count Page for further information.
Saturday, 2 January 2010--Our January outing will be your choice of either
the Ponca State Park or Westfield Christmas Bird Counts which are both scheduled for January 2, 2010. Click on the Christmas Bird Count page for details on these counts.
Saturday, 27 February 2010--Show
and Go Outing--We will meet at the Northwest corner of the Super Walmart parking lot on Singing Hills Blvd. at 8:00 a.m.
An email will be sent shortly before the 27th to advise you of the probable destination and lunch plans. Our web
site Outings Page will also be updated at that time. Contact Jerry Von Ehwegen at: jerryvon@pionet.net or 276-1546 for more information.
Saturday, 27 March 2010--Outing
to Gavin’s Point Dam at Yankton, SD. We will meet at the Northwest corner of the Super Walmart parking lot on Singing
Hills Blvd. at 7:30 a.m. Chuck Johnson has invited us to his cabin on the lake for lunch. So after a morning of birding, we
will gather at the cabin for some great food and fellowship. This is always a fun outing so please join us! Contact Jerry
Von Ehwegen at: jerryvon@pionet.net or 276-1546 for more information.
A second Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas
project began in 2008. This is a 5 year project and we hope to use some of our outings
during the bird breeding season to contribute to this project. Read a summary of the project below. You are also invited
to contribute to this project on your own or with a fellow birder! For more information go to the related links page and click
on Join Iowa's Breeding Bird Atlas Project.
Iowa's Breeding Birds
The
Iowa Ornithologists’ Union and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are pleased
to announce that the second Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas will begin in 2008. This 5-year project will collect information on the
current ranges of Iowa’s breeding birds. Numerous
changes to Iowa’s landscape in the 17 years since
the first atlas project was completed in 1990 (e.g., widespread wetland restorations and the CRP program) suggest that a second
atlas project will reveal many changes. For example, think about range expansions of species like Eurasian Collared-Dove,
Henslow’s Sparrow, and Great-tailed Grackle, or as yet undiscovered breeders (Northern Saw-whet
Owl in Northeast Iowa?). To be successful, this project will require many hours of volunteer
help from birders statewide. Atlasing is a fun way to bird during summer and a great way to explore new areas, so we’re
hoping many birders will lend their full support to this important project!
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