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Johnson Co. Forecast

Iowa Road Conditions

Iowa DOT Weather Links

Endangered Species International

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Iowa Ornithologists' Union (IOU)

IOU Nature Store - Buy on-line and support IOU

	Iowa Rare Bird Alert - Reports of recent bird sightings of note. To report a rare bird sighting call 712-364-2863       or e-mail John Bissell , RBA compiler
Birding Coralville Reservoir Article by Chris Edwards  (maps) (Hawkeye WLA) Coraville Lake site (Corps of Engineers)
Birding Hickory Hill Park by J.Fuller, J.Huntington, J.Scheib (map)
Birding Indiangrass Hills by Mike Dooley (map)
Birding Cone Marsh near Lone Tree by Carol Thompson (map) For other sites see IOU site at http://www.iowabirds.org/
Warbler Voices guide  or download as pdf

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Birding checklists

On Capitalizing Bird Names

Johnson County Checklist	Iowa Checklist (via  IOU
Spring Count Forms (html) => 2006 Spring form pdf file	Johnson Co. Spring List. Pg. 1 Johnson Co. Spring List Pg. 2
Winter Feeder Checklist	Christmas Count Forms
IBA Checklist pdf download
A.O.U. North American birds  American Ornithologists' Union	A.B.A. checklist American Birding  Association

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Which birds to document for the records committee?
Iowa Records Committee	Reporting form

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Counts

Annual Christmas Count

2007 Christmas Bird Count Info, Forms etc Word Search Christmas Count Puzzle

Winter Backyard Count
Great Backyard Bird Count

Johnson Co. Spring Migration Count - Sat. May 13, 2006
  e-mail Chris CasterChris Caster   

Spring Counts Data Table	IBA Birdathon Documents:
Johnson Co. Spring List pg1	IBA Background Info	pdf file
Johnson Co. Spring List pg 2	Birdathon Instructions	pdf file
Spring bird list as pdf file	Pledge form	pdf file

International Migratory Bird Day Links:
http://birds.fws.gov/imbd/
http://www.birdday.org

Butterfly Count - Sat. July 17, 2004   

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Research Links

The Wilson Bulletin, a journal of ornithlogical research from 1899 to 1999
including articles by Iowa's Althea Sherman in the 1920's.

Eastern Iowa Links

Eastern Iowa Birding Calendar - What to look for by month
Feeder Calendar - How to support feeder birds by month
Macbride Raptor Project
Iowa Nature Mapping Project 
Red Bird Farm mapping coordinates
Johnson County Conservation Dept.
Backyard Wildlife in Iowa City - Birds and more all from one Iowa City yard by Jim Scheib
Rick Hollis' Birdwatcher's Blog and articles
Birdwatching.com - Site by Michael & Diane Porter of Washington, Iowa
Port Louisa NWR, Mark Twain NWR, and Lake Odessa in SE Iowa

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Iowa Links

	Important Bird Areas (IBA) of Iowa  (via IOU) List of all Iowa sites IBA shirts available
Desoto NWR	Snow Geese at Desoto Bend  (map)

Big Bluestem Audubon Society, Ames www.bigbluestemaudubon.org
Cedar Rapids Audubon, Cedar Rapids www.cedarrapidsaudubon.com
Des Moines Audubon , Des Moines www.dmaudubon.org
Dubuque Audubon Society, Dubuque www.audubondubuque.org
Iowa City Bird Club, Iowa City www.icbirds.org
Loess Hills Audubon Society, Sioux City http://lhas.tripod.com/
N. Iowa Prairie Lakes Audubon Society, Spirit Lake www.prairielakesaudubon.org
Quad Cities Audubon Society, Davenport www.quadcityaudubon.org
Iowa Audubon www.iowaaudubon.org
Iowa Chapter - The Nature Conservancy
Friends of the Prairie Learning Center / Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
Iowa Nature Mapping Project 

Iowa Department of Natural Resources - info on wildlife and parks    

Wild Side of Iowa - Rod Nabholz' nature photography site
Kent Nickell's Bird Digiscoping Site

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National Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest

Iowa National Wildlife Refuges
Midwest National Wildlife Refuges

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	Cornell Ornithology Lab Great Backyard Bird Count Feb 13-16, 2004 Sponsored by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society Project FeederWatch a winter-long feeder count
	Audubon Society Audubon's Top Birding Trails Iowa Audubon Chapters/Clubs

Some Arizona Birding Links
The Lake Champlain Birding Trail

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International Birding Links
A letter to us from zhaojinsheng at Poyang Lake Nature Reserve in Jiangxi province, China

Winged Migration Movie
http://www.sonyclassics.com/wingedmigration/index_flash.html