Building Better Birders
Heery Woods State Park - South Side, Butler County
Sunday, January 15, 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 Sunday, January 15 is as follows:
Session 1: 10 AM-11:30 AM “Ultimate Winter Bird Survey-First Ever Christmas Bird
Count Marathon” Presentation at Heery Woods State Park Nature Center
11:30 AM-12:30 PM Lunch Break
Session 2: 12:30 PM-2 PM Build a Bird Feeder Craft at Heery Woods State Park
Nature Center, Butler County Conservation.
Session 3: 2 PM-3:30 PM “Common Feeder Birds of Iowa” Presentation at Heery
Woods State Park Nature Center.
Session 4: 3:30 PM-5 PM Bird Hike at Heery Woods State Park.
You can find this and other workshop schedules from around the state at https://buildingbetterbirders.com
