Meetings and Programs

12/15/2022 *BBAS Christmas Program* December 15th: Christmas Program Location: Story County Conservation HQ at McFarland Park. Please bring photos to share (on a flash drive) and desserts, too. • Please bring bird seed as well for the McFarland Park bird feeders. Program starts at 6:00 p.m.
1/19/2023 *Purple Martins in Iowa \| Tim Gedler* Tim Gedler, Retired Iowa Department of Natural Resources employee. Topic: Purple Martins in Iowa
2/16/2023 *Birds of East Africa and South Africa \| Jim Pease* Jim Pease, ISU Extension Wildlife Biologist. Topic: Birds of East Africa and South Africa
3/16/2023 *Rewilding Iowa \| Mark Edwards* Mark Edwards, retired Iowa DNR. Topic: Rewilding Iowa.
4/20/2023 *A Conversation with a Game Warden \| Brandon Bergquist* Brandon Bergquist, Iowa Department of Natural Resources Enforcement Officer. Topic: Enforcement of Iowa Wildlife Laws and the Turn In Poachers Program-A Conversation with a Game Warden
5/18/2023 *Tax Preparation and License Plates: How Do These Help Wildlife in Iowa? \| Stephanie Shepherd* Stephanie Shepherd, Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Topic: Tax Preparation and License Plates: How Do These Help Wildlife in Iowa?

12/15/2022
BBAS Christmas Program
December 15th: Christmas Program Location: Story County Conservation HQ at McFarland Park. Please bring photos to share (on a flash drive) and desserts, too. • Please bring bird seed as well for the McFarland Park bird feeders. Program starts at 6:00 p.m.

1/19/2023
Purple Martins in Iowa | Tim Gedler
Tim Gedler, Retired Iowa Department of Natural Resources employee. Topic: Purple Martins in Iowa

2/16/2023
Birds of East Africa and South Africa | Jim Pease
Jim Pease, ISU Extension Wildlife Biologist. Topic: Birds of East Africa and South Africa

3/16/2023
Rewilding Iowa | Mark Edwards
Mark Edwards, retired Iowa DNR. Topic: Rewilding Iowa.

4/20/2023
A Conversation with a Game Warden | Brandon Bergquist
Brandon Bergquist, Iowa Department of Natural Resources Enforcement Officer. Topic: Enforcement of Iowa Wildlife Laws and the Turn In Poachers Program-A Conversation with a Game Warden

5/18/2023
Tax Preparation and License Plates: How Do These Help Wildlife in Iowa? | Stephanie Shepherd
Stephanie Shepherd, Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Topic: Tax Preparation and License Plates: How Do These Help Wildlife in Iowa?

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statewide organization for all people interested in Iowa's birds

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All About Birds
ID help and other interesting information from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

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