NOTE: We have moved this meeting to Wednesday: May 21.
See Results: Great Backyard Bird Count. Click for details.

May 5-8, 12-15, 19-22, Mondays-Thursdays, 6:30 a.m. Warbler Walks in Hickory Hill Park led by Jim Fuller, Ken Lowder, and/or Chris Edwards. Meet at the north shelter parking lot at the end of Conklin Lane off Dodge Street. Daily sightings will be posted on our web site.
May 17, Saturday, 7:00 a.m. Hanging Rock Woods for migrant warblers. Jim Fuller, 338-3561.
May 18, Sunday, 6:30 a.m. Muskrat Slough and Beam Woods in Jones County for marsh birds and woodland birds and wildflowers. There may be some wet walking and some steep hiking. Chris Edwards, 887-6957.
May 21, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Meeting.  Nicki Nagl, the Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinator, will present on this second 5-year Breeding Bird Atlas Project set to begin this spring and continue through the summer of 2012.  The project will attempt to document changes in breeding bird distribution as a result of land use patterns in the last 20 years.
May 31, Saturday, 7:00 a.m. Rochester Cemetery in Cedar County. This is a sand prairie with beautiful wildflowers and many migrant and resident songbirds. Karen Disbrow, 339-1017.
For more events click on the schedule button to the left.

Riverview Birding Group, Clinton, Iowa: Call Linda Boardsen at (563) 242-9297.
Quad City Audubon Society

Winston Barclay's Iowa City Great-horned Owl photos It's by the path to Court Hill Park from Brookside Dr.
A second Iowa City Great-horned Owl family

Click photos to enlarge
Click here for full Photo Gallery

Mission: "To promote the  enjoyment, study, and conservation of birds in their natural habitats."
Meetings: 7:00 pm business meeting and speaker or program,
on  the 3rd Thursday (September - May, but not December)
at Grant Wood AEA Southern Facility, 200 Holiday Road, Coralville.
Map  or MapQuest
Thanks to Grant Wood AEA for their gracious support.
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.
Newsletter: The Eastern Iowa Birdwatch is published three times per year  (usually April, September, and December). Archive of Past Issues 
Annual membership $15.00, due January 1st for the coming year.
Make checks payable to Eastern Iowa Birdwatch, and mail to
Bernie Knight, 425 Lee St., Iowa City, IA 52246.
Check your mailing label for the year through which you have paid.

Get your dues back in no time with member's 10% discount on bird feed
at Bird's Eye View 1801 2nd Street, Coralville
(Clocktower Place)
M-F 10-5:30, Sat 10-5, Sun 12-4 Ph.(319) 688-9155

Area birders should also consider membership in IOU.
Click here for IOU membership form.

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