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
Publicity and Outreach	Rachel Simmons
Refreshment Coordinator	Hank Zaletel
Webmaster	Karl Jungbluth

Upcoming Events

12/13/2018
Members’ Night | BBAS Christmas Party
Meeting will be held 6—9 PM at McFarland Park conservation center (56461 180th St., Ames, IA). Please bring a food item to share (cookies, candy, chips, crackers, meat, cheese, etc.) and either a bag of bird food to donate to Story County Conservation or a cash donation. Rent to use the center is waived for us, so we try to repay their generosity with bird food donations for their many feeders. Anyone wanting to share their photos of birds or nature in general (natural scenes only, please), load your pictures on a USB thumb drive, and bring it with you. But please, no more than 20 photos to avoid too long an evening when we must clean up and leave the center by 9 PM.

12/15/2018
Ames | Christmas Bird Count
The Ames CBC will be held on Saturday, December 15, with a registration deadline of December 7. Shane Patterson is the compiler for this count. Contact him to register for the count at shanepatterson@alumni.iastate.edu. The usual post-count compilation potluck will be at the City Church of Ames-Des Moines.

12/16/2018
Saylorville | Christmas Bird Count
The Saylorville CBC will be held on Sunday, December 16. Contact Steve Dinsmore at cootjr@iastate.edu.

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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