Building Better Birders
Heery Woods State Park - South Side, Butler County
Thursday, March 16, 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 Thursday, March 16 is as follows:
Session 1: 8 AM-11 AM Bird Hike at Heery Woods State Park, Active Eagle’s Nest. (North Side 19195 Hwy 188, Clarksville, IA 50619)
11 AM-Noon Lunch Break
Session 2: Noon-1 PM “Human Activity Impacts on Bald Eagle Reproductive
Success Along the Upper Mississippi River” Presentation at Heery Woods State Park - Allen and Fayette Meyer Nature Center.
1 PM-1:15 PM Break
Session 3: 1:15 PM-2:30 PM Nature Presentation by Clarksville Public Library at Heery
Woods State Park - Allen and Fayette Meyer Nature Center.
2:30 PM-2:45 PM Break
Session 4: 2:45 PM-4:15 PM “Waterbirds of Iowa” Presentation at Heery Woods State
Park - Allen and Fayette Meyer Nature Center.
You can find this and other workshop schedules from around the state at https://buildingbetterbirders.com
