Building Better Birders Workshop

Event Summary

  Have you ever wanted to become a bird watcher but do not know where to start? Well here is your chance! On September 17 Jackson County Conservation is hosting a Building Better Birders Workshop where beginning bird watchers, “birders,” will learn about the bird species of Iowa and have a chance to put their knowledge into practice. On September 17 at the Hurstville Interpretive Center 18670 63rd St. Maquoketa IA, at 8:00 am participants will learn from a presentation on the introduction to Iowa Bird Identification presented by Birder Kelly McKay. Following the presentation, at 10:00 am, Kelly and participants will go on a birding hike at Prairie Creek Recreation Area 1215 East Summit St. Maquoketa IA, and go on a birding hike!

This workshop will be conducted by Kelly McKay (BioEco Research and Monitoring Center), with assistance from Mark Roberts (Clinton County Conservation) and Brian Ritter (Nahant Marsh Education Center). To sign up or for more information call the Hurstville Interpretive Center at (563) 652-3783. All participants must sign up 48 hours in advanced and all children  must be accompanied by an adult. Participants are asked to follow social distancing practices while attending. Funding for this workshop was provided by the Resource Enhancement and Protection-Conservation Education Program (Reap-CEP).

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