Sep 11, Sat, 8 a.m. Hickory Hill
Park for warblers, sparrows, migrants. Wear boots for wet
areas. Jason Paulios, 331-6115.
Sep 16, Thu, 7 p.m. Meeting. Backyard
Gardening and Birding. Jim Durbin.
Sep 18, Sat, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Annual Hawk Watch at Stainbrook Preserve, on Mehaffey Bridge
Rd. just north of Sugar Bottom Recreation Area. Join us on the hill
to watch the hawks sail past. Karen Disbrow, 339-1017 or Chris Edwards,
430-4732.
Oct 9, Sat, 7:30 a.m. Belva-Deer
Recreation Area and Fuller Green Valley in Keokuk County
for sparrows and other migrants. Bill Scheible and Chris Edwards,
430-0372.
Oct 17, Sun, 8 a.m. Hawkeye Wildlife
Area for migrants: Nelson’s and LeConte’s Sparrows.
Chris Caster, 339-8343.
Oct. 21, Thu, 7 p.m. Meeting. Jim
and Sharon Scheib on West-central Mexico: The Durango Highway
in the Sierra Madre mountains and coastal San Blas, including photos
of 92 bird species, many endemic to that area.
Oct 22-24, Fri-Sun. Iowa Ornithologists’
Union Fall Meeting at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge.
Local contact Karen Disbrow, 339-1017.
Nov 14, Sun, 8 a.m. Mystery Field
Trip to wherever the best birds are being seen. Come prepared
for anything, and bring a spotting scope if you have one. Mark Brown,
358-8765.
Nov 18, Thu, 7 p.m. Meeting. Jon
Stravers (of Iowa Audubon’s Mississippi River Initiative)
on Red-shouldered Hawk and Cerulean Warbler surveys in the
Effigy Mounds/Yellow River Bird Conservation Area of NE Iowa.
Dec 19, Sun. Iowa City Christmas Bird
Count. More details will be provided in the December newsletter.
• Field
trips, unless otherwise noted, leave from the Dodge Street
Hy-Vee (Map) or MapQuest
Map. Meet in the SW corner of the parking lot. Destinations may
be changed. Please contact the leader in advance if you plan to meet
the group at the trip destination.
•
Ivory-billed
identification •
2010 State
of the Birds Report
