Committee Chairs

of Big Bluestem Audubon

Archivist	Hank Zaletel
Bird-a-thon Compiler	Barbara Krumhardt
Conservation	Bruce Ehresman
Education and Schools Liaison	Jerry Keys
Field Trips Coordinator	Eric Ollie
Name-badge Coordinators	Jon & Joyce Bahrenfus
Newsletter Coordinator and Audubon Membership	Larry Dau
Newsletter Editor	Stefany Hulsebus
Refreshment Coordinator	Hank Zaletel
Webmaster	Karl Jungbluth

Upcoming Events

12/12/2019
Christmas Meeting
Details will be announced in the next newsletter. The Story County Conservation Center is not available this year.

1/18/2020
January Field Trip - Winter Bird Roundup
The group will assemble at Ada Hayden Heritage Park's main parking lot and shelter (in the northeast corner, off of US 69). Those who want to scan the lake for waterfowl can assemble at the park by 7:30 AM. We will quickly look for waterfowl and then try to be on the road by 8:00 AM, when we will head out on the gravel roads of Story and/or Boone County to search for Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs, Horned Larks, Gray Partridge, Rough-legged Hawks, Merlins, Northern Harriers, and who knows, maybe even Snowy Owls, Pine Siskins, Common Redpolls, or crossbills will be around. We will try to return to Ada Hayden around noon.

2/22/2020
2020 BBAS South Florida Birding & Nature Adventure
Big Bluestem is excited to announce that we have organized a birding and nature viewing trip to South Florida! Just when it feels like you can take no more of the harsh Iowa winter, escape to Florida with BBAS and join us as we search the Everglades, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas, Corkscrew Swamp, Bunche Beach and much, much more for the best birds, butterflies, odonates, herps, wildflowers, and mammals the southern-most tip of the continental United States has to offer! We will be in the sub-tropical wilds for six full days between February 22 and 29, 2020. For more information, send an email to Rachel Clark at tanagergirl@gmail.com. The cutoff date for registration is November 21, 2019.

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General Resources

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Iowa Ornithologists' Union statewide organization for all people interested in Iowa's birds
eBird a handy tool for tracking your bird sightings and contributing to a global picture
All About Birds ID help and other interesting information from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

Iowa Audubon
statewide coalition of Audubon Chapters and other local birding groups in Iowa

Iowa Ornithologists' Union
statewide organization for all people interested in Iowa's birds

eBird
a handy tool for tracking your bird sightings and contributing to a global picture

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