Seven young birders, ages 7-10, explored Terra Park in Johnston last Saturday under a blazing July sun. We found 31 species including one bird that was a state lifer for one of our leaders!!
Many thanks to Denny Thompson and Ross Silcock (board chair of Iowa Young Birders) for their great leadership and to the parents and grandparents of our young birders who provided transportation and encouragement. Our full trip report can be found here: http://alturl.com/pfr8o and you'll have to check it out to see bird made its way onto Ross's state of Iowa lifelist. Thanks also to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union whose generous grant has allowed us to purchase nice loaner binoculars for young birders to use during field trips and a spotting scope and tripod which gave great looks to some very excited young people! Our next field trip is in Waterloo on August 11. All of our field trips are are open at no cost but advance registration is required. See our website at www.iowayoungbirders.org Carl Bendorf Executive Director Iowa Young Birders --- Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! --- Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/PayDues.aspx. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
