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• Jefferson County Park

  • When
    July 12, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Fairfield, Iowa
  • Registered
    2 registrants

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  Join us for a morning of birding at Jefferson County Park with Jefferson County Conservation! We hope to find several species of birds that nest in Iowa each summer, including Eastern Bluebird, Orchard Oriole (pictured), and others. There will be plenty of birds to see and fun to be had!

  This field trip is free to attend and open to any young birders and their parents/guardians. Advance registration is required. Iowa Young Birders welcomes everyone to the outdoors regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, orientation, religion, creed, national origin, or disability status. Our events can accommodate wheelchairs, vision and hearing impairments, and other health conditions. For questions, or to request accommodations for an upcoming event, please send us a message or email.

  
  

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• Swede Point Park

  • When
    July 14, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Madrid, Iowa
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  We're excited to join Boone County Conservation for a morning exploring Swede Point Park! Swede Point Park contains a variety of habitat types including prairies, streams, and oak-hickory woodlands - all perfect for hosting several of Iowa's nesting birds including Red-headed Woodpecker (pictured), Eastern Bluebird, and Baltimore Oriole. We'll search for these species and other nesting birds and learn a bit about different types of bird nests.

  This field trip is free to attend and open to any young birders and their parents/guardians. Advance registration is required. Iowa Young Birders welcomes everyone to the outdoors regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, orientation, religion, creed, national origin, or disability status. Our events can accommodate wheelchairs, vision and hearing impairments, and other health conditions. For questions, or to request accommodations for an upcoming event, please send us a message or email.

  
  

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• Memorial Park and Mississippi Kites

  • When
    August 16, 2025
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    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Ottumwa, Iowa
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  Ottumwa is one of two regular locations where the Mississippi Kite, an amazing aerial predator, nests in Iowa.  Join us as we search for this unique Iowa bird at Memorial Park in Ottumwa and finish the morning at nearby Pioneer Park in search of Bell's Vireo and other songbirds common to southern Iowa.  This trip is free but advanced registration is required.

  This field trip is free to attend and open to any young birders and their parents/guardians. Advance registration is required. Iowa Young Birders welcomes everyone to the outdoors regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, orientation, religion, creed, national origin, or disability status. Our events can accommodate wheelchairs, vision and hearing impairments, and other health conditions. For questions, or to request accommodations for an upcoming event, please send us a message or email.
  

  Photo credit:  Chris Davis, Macaulay Library

  
  

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• McFarland Park

  • When
    September 06, 2025
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    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Ames, Iowa
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  September is an exciting month for birding in Iowa! Birds that spent the summer with us are preparing for their migratory journey south by eating lots of food, while resident birds that will spend the winter with us are storing food for the cold months. And to top it off, many species that spent the summer months to our north are traveling through Iowa. Join us for a morning of birding at McFarland Park in Ames. Our target birds will be migrating warblers (like the Palm Warbler pictured) and other songbirds.

  This field trip is free to attend and open to any young birders and their parents/guardians. Advance registration is required. Iowa Young Birders welcomes everyone to the outdoors regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, orientation, religion, creed, national origin, or disability status. Our events can accommodate wheelchairs, vision and hearing impairments, and other health conditions. For questions, or to request accommodations for an upcoming event, please send us a message or email.

  
  

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