Iowa City Bird Club

CANCELED in response to COVID-19 concerns.   Bird Club Meeting: Terri Macey will speak on the Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary in Chicago

7th annual Cy-Hawk Big Day Challenge will be held Sunday, September 6, 2020. This is a friendly, spirited competition between the Iowa City Bird Club (andall Hawkeye friends across the state) and Big Bluestem Audubon Society of Ames(and all Cyclone friends across the state) to find the most bird species in oneday.  Normally, participants compete in… Read More Cy-Hawk Big Day Challenge

Bird Club Meeting via Zoom. Presentation: "Saving Prairies Can Save Grassland Birds”by Doug Harr, President, Iowa AudubonLocation: Zoom Meeting.  Login details sent via email to ICBC club members.Presentation Description:A new Science reportwas released via TV and other news media in late 2019, informing everyone thatsince 1970, North America's total bird population has fallen by about 30%.Grassland birds alone… Read More Bird Club Meeting

Hawk Watch at Stainbrook Preserve:  located along Mehaffey Bridge Road just north of Sugar Bottom Recreation Area. Join us on the hill to watch for migrating raptors including Broad-winged Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, and Red-tailed Hawk. Bring a lawn chair and a spotting scope if you have one.  Park on the north shoulder just east… Read More Hawk Watch – Stainbrook Preserve

Registration deadline for October Madness Birding Challenge.  This Big Day tournament is similar to an NCAA basketball tournament for birders! It will beheld on Thursdays through Sundays on successive weekends in October, with the length and format dependent on the number of participants. Each week participants will be matched against another birder and will attempt… Read More Registration Deadline: October Madness Birding Challenge

October 1 – 25. October Madness Birding Challenge - This Big Day tournament is similar to an NCAA basketball tournament for birders! It will be held on Thursdays through Sundays on successive weekends in October, with the length and format dependent on the number of participants. Each week participants will be matched against another birder and… Read More October Madness Birding Challenge

 ICBC Meeting via Zoom. IOU members Karen Viste-Sparkman and Stuart Sparkmanwill present “Columbia: Birding the Northern Andes.”  Location: Zoom Meeting - Login details sent via email to ICBC club members.

 ICBC Meetingvia Zoom. MarkBowman, Master Bird Bander, will present “American Kestrel Conservation.”  Location:Zoom Meeting.  Login details sent via email to ICBC club members.

Iowa City Christmas Bird Count -Location: Field observation and Feeder watch.Join us for this holiday tradition! To participate, contact Chris Edwards atcredwards@aol.com or (319) 430-4732 by December 16. We need participants in the field and as feeder watchers. If you wish to be a field participant, you will be assigned to a specific area to cover.… Read More Iowa City Christmas Bird Count

Bird Club Meeting via Zoom. Chris Caster, past president of ICBC and birder extraordinaire, will present "Gulls on the Mississippi River".  Chris usually leads a winter birding trip to the Quad Cities area to check out gulls, but due to COVID-19, birding trips are not happening.  So instead Chris will show us what gulls are… Read More Bird Club Meeting