Meetings and Programs

3/5/2026 *Teresa Testroet - Hummingbird Nests at McFarland Park* Teresa Testroet Topic: The Big Year: Hummingbird Nests at McFarland Park Our BBAS meeting that was cancelled in February will now be held this Thursday evening, March 5, at Ames Public Library. Business meeting will start at 6:30 PM, with our guest speaker Teresa Testrote's program to begin about 7 PM. Presentation: THE BIG YEAR--HUMMINGBIRD NESTS AT McFARLAND PARK Speaker: Teresa Testrote is in her second year as a retiree. She began her teaching career in Yuma, AZ and ended it 33 years later at Ames High School. Teresa began birding in the early 2000s and photography came shortly after to help in the identification of the birds. Besides Eastern Bluebirds and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, hummingbirds quickly became her favorite and with that she was forced to hone her photography skills.
3/19/2026 *Adam Janke - Forest Management for Birds* Adam Janke, Iowa State University professor Topic: Forest Management for Birds
4/16/2026 *Doug Harr - The Wildlife of Sax Zim Bog* Doug Harr, BBAS Vice President Topic: The Wildlife of Sax Zim Bog
5/21/2026 *Joan Van Gorp - The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge* Joan Van Gorp Topic: The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
6/18/2026 *Big Bluestem Audubon Society Picnic and birdwatching event* Big Bluestem Audubon Society Picnic and birdwatching event. Location TBA

3/5/2026
Teresa Testroet - Hummingbird Nests at McFarland Park

Teresa Testroet
Topic: The Big Year: Hummingbird Nests
at McFarland Park

Our BBAS meeting that was cancelled in February will now be held this Thursday evening, March 5, at Ames Public Library. Business meeting will start at 6:30 PM, with our guest speaker Teresa Testrote's program to begin about 7 PM.

Presentation: THE BIG YEAR--HUMMINGBIRD NESTS AT McFARLAND PARK

Speaker: Teresa Testrote is in her second year as a retiree. She began her teaching career in Yuma, AZ and ended it 33 years later at Ames High School. Teresa began birding in the early 2000s and photography came shortly after to help in the identification of the birds. Besides Eastern Bluebirds and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, hummingbirds quickly became her favorite and with that she was forced to hone her photography skills.

3/19/2026
Adam Janke - Forest Management for Birds
Adam Janke, Iowa State University professor
Topic: Forest Management for Birds

4/16/2026
Doug Harr - The Wildlife of Sax Zim Bog
Doug Harr, BBAS Vice President
Topic: The Wildlife of Sax Zim Bog

5/21/2026
Joan Van Gorp - The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
Joan Van Gorp
Topic: The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge

6/18/2026
Big Bluestem Audubon Society Picnic and birdwatching event
Big Bluestem Audubon Society
Picnic and birdwatching event. Location TBA

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statewide organization for all people interested in Iowa's birds

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