Loop Grid Test
![Henslow's Sparrow](https://www.audubondubuque.org/wp-content/uploads/SparrowHenslows_20240525_IA_014-1.jpg)
Project
Dubuque Audubon's 3-year survey of grassland birds at Whitewater Canyon Wildlife Management Area is complete!
![Eastern Bluebird](https://www.audubondubuque.org/wp-content/uploads/EasternBluebird_20230708__001_MC-1.jpg)
Project
Our volunteers monitoring bird houses at Mines of Spain counted 99 Eastern Bluebird eggs, 72 nestlings, and 52 fledglings this year!
![](https://www.audubondubuque.org/wp-content/uploads/20240825_Pop-upBirdingDeereDike_001-1024x768.jpg)
Event
10 people joined us for our pop-up field trip today at Deere Dike Park! We didn't see as many birds as we had hoped, but we had a fun time. Highlights included Green Herons, a Spotted Sandpiper, Bald Eagles, Tree Swallows, and Purple Martins.
Loop Carousel Test
![Henslow's Sparrow](https://www.audubondubuque.org/wp-content/uploads/SparrowHenslows_20240525_IA_014-1.jpg)
Project
Dubuque Audubon's 3-year survey of grassland birds at Whitewater Canyon Wildlife Management Area is complete!
![Eastern Bluebird](https://www.audubondubuque.org/wp-content/uploads/EasternBluebird_20230708__001_MC-1.jpg)
Project
Our volunteers monitoring bird houses at Mines of Spain counted 99 Eastern Bluebird eggs, 72 nestlings, and 52 fledglings this year!
![](https://www.audubondubuque.org/wp-content/uploads/20240825_Pop-upBirdingDeereDike_001-1024x768.jpg)
Event
10 people joined us for our pop-up field trip today at Deere Dike Park! We didn't see as many birds as we had hoped, but we had a fun time. Highlights included Green Herons, a Spotted Sandpiper, Bald Eagles, Tree Swallows, and Purple Martins.
![](https://www.audubondubuque.org/wp-content/uploads/Sora_20230422_IA_005_DDP-2-1024x769.jpg)
News
The Motus Wildlife Tracking System is a collaborative global network of automated radio telemetry receivers for tracking small migratory wildlife (birds, bats, and insects) that have been tagged. In 2023, 151 birds were tracked in Iowa, from 21 species, all of which were tagged outside of Iowa!
Posts Test
![Merlin](https://www.audubondubuque.org/wp-content/uploads/Merlin_20240728_MC-300x225.jpg)
Birds
Merlins Nesting in Dubuque!
On Sunday, July 28th, Dubuque Audubon members were able to confirm Merlin nesting in Dubuque for the first time in over a century!
07/28/2024
![](https://www.audubondubuque.org/wp-content/uploads/20240511_SpringSpeciesCount_006-1-300x225.jpg)
Event
Annual Spring Species Count
Our annual spring species count, held on Saturday, May 11, 2024, was a great success! Despite virtually no shorebirds and only one owl species, we were able to locate 145 individual species!
05/11/2024
![Basin Cleanup](https://www.audubondubuque.org/wp-content/uploads/20240421_16thStBasinCleanup_004-300x225.jpg)
Project
Cleanup #2 at 16th St. Retention Basin
On Sunday, April 21, 2024, 13 members of the Dubuque Audubon Society and volunteers from the public worked for over two hours to remove 28 bags of garbage from the 16th Street Retention Basin.
04/21/2024
!["Look for these Birds" sign](https://www.audubondubuque.org/wp-content/uploads/GrasslandBirdSign-300x225.jpg)
Project
Installation of Signs at Technology Park
With permission from the city of Dubuque, the Dubuque Audubon Society has created and installed educational signage at Technology Park to share information on birds that nest in those fields.
04/17/2024