Building Better Birders
Heery Woods State Park - South Side, Butler County
Saturday, November 4, 2023
We are hosting three workshops in conjunction with Building Better Birders whose mission is "to create birders, all across Iowa, that can contribute to the knowledge about birds across the state of Iowa through participation in Citizen Science programs such as Christmas Bird Counts, Great Backyard Bird Count, Project FeederWatch or even Monarch Butterfly Tagging!"
These workshops will be conducted by Kelly McKay (BioEco Research and Monitoring Center), with assistance from Mark Roberts (Clinton County Conservation), Brian Ritter and James Wiebler (Nahant Marsh Education Center).
Funding for this workshop was provided by the Resource Enhancement and Protection -Conservation Education Program (REAP-CEP).
The schedule for Saturday, November 4 is as follows:
Session 1: 3 PM-4 PM “Nocturnal Raptors of Iowa” Presentation at Heery Woods
State Park Nature Center
4 PM-4:30 PM Commute to Boylan Creek Wildlife Management Area
Session 2: 4:30 PM-6:30 PM Bird Hike at Boylan Creek Wildlife Management Area
6:30 PM-7 PM Commute to Heery Woods State Park Nature Center.
7 PM-7:30 PM Break
Session 3: 7:30 PM-9 PM Owl Prowl Walk at Heery Woods State Park
You can find this and other workshop schedules from around the state at https://buildingbetterbirders.com
