Bluebird Monitoring Results
Our volunteers monitoring bird houses at Mines of Spain counted 99 Eastern Bluebird eggs, 72 nestlings, and 52 fledglings this year!
Birding @ Deere Dike Park
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.
Motus Wildlife Tracking Network 2023 Annual Report Published
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!
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!
2024 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!
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.
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.
Tree Planting at Mines of Spain SRA
On Sunday, April 14, 2024, Dubuque Audubon volunteers planted 16 Eastern White Pines and 20 Chokecherry trees at Mines of Spain State Recreation Area.
Iowa Audubon History
[from March 2024 newsletter]
Doug Harr, president of the Iowa Audubon Society, recently received copies of some pages from Bird Lore magazine (an early publication started in 1899 by the original Audubon Society). The pages dated from 1899 to 1917. He shared these historical notes:
Green Island Duck Waddle
Spring in the Mississippi Wetlands
By Bob Walton
[from March 2024 newsletter]
Dubuque Audubon’s annual Duck Waddle at the Green Island Marsh will be on March 9, 2024… Audubon’s first Duck Waddle was on March 17, 1979… The biggest thrill was seeing… every trip to Green Island is unique and special, but one of the most memorable was…
2023 Christmas Bird Count Results
On 12/30/23, we had a total of 23 participants who counted 71 species and 23,779 total birds! We added an additional 5 species seen during count week, for a total of 76 species. (Count week includes the 3 days before and 3 days after the count day, for a total of 7 days.)
Cleanup at 16th St. Retention Basin
On Sunday, November 19, 2023, Dubuque Audubon organized a cleanup at the 16th Street Retention Basin.