UPCOMING EVENTS

Jun
29
Sat
2013
9:00 am Iowa Lakeside Laboratory – West Okoboji Lake
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory – West …
Jun 29 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory - West Okoboji Lake @ Iowa Lakeside Laboratory - Spencer County | Milford | Iowa | United States
The 147-acre campus of the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory  is located on scenic West Okoboji Lake, on Little Miller’s Bay.  We’ll combine some birding on the [...]
Jul
13
Sat
2013
9:00 am Broken Kettle Grasslands Preserve – NW Iowa
Broken Kettle Grasslands Preserv…
Jul 13 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Broken Kettle Grasslands Preserve -  NW Iowa @ Broken Kettle Grasslands Preserve | Westfield | Iowa | United States
Broken Kettle Grasslands Preserve is home to Iowa’s largest remaining prairie and over 100 bison.    Broken Kettle is at the northern end of the Loess [...]
Aug
10
Sat
2013
all-day Iowa Young Birder Day 2013 in Ames
Iowa Young Birder Day 2013 in Ames
Aug 10 all-day
Iowa Young Birder Day 2013 in Ames @ Ames in Story County
Scene from Young Birder Day 2012 Be sure to hold Saturday August 10 for Iowa Young Birder Day 2013.  We’re planning a morning field trip [...]
Sep
14
Sat
2013
9:00 am Iowa City – EC Iowa
Iowa City – EC Iowa
Sep 14 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Iowa City - EC Iowa @ Iowa City area  | Iowa City | Iowa | United States
The Iowa City area offers many great birding spots for young birders.  Depending on the water conditions and progress of fall migration, we’ll select a [...]
Oct
12
Sat
2013
9:00 am Clinton w/IOU Meeting option
Clinton w/IOU Meeting option
Oct 12 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Clinton w/IOU Meeting option @ Clinton, Iowa | Clinton | Iowa | United States
Clinton offers lots of great birding along the Mississippi River.  We’ll meet at 9:00 a.m. and we should be done by noon.  Be prepared to do some [...]
Oct
19
Sat
2013
9:00 am Saylorville Reservoir – Central Iowa
Saylorville Reservoir – Central…
Oct 19 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Saylorville Reservoir -  Central Iowa @ Saylorville Lake
Saylorville Reservoir is one of Iowa’s premier birding destinations. We’ll be looking for migrating waterfowl and landbirds.  Be prepared to do some walking and be sure [...]

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Leadership

Board of Directors

Ross Silcock, Chair
Tabor, Iowa

Bill Scheible, Vice Chair
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Dave Dierks, Secretary/Treasurer
Iowa City, Iowa

Staff

Carl Bendorf,  Executive Director & Board of Directors

An Iowa native, Carl is past president and records committee chair of the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union and current member of the board of directors of the American Birding Association.  He moved back to Iowa in 2012 after a 22 year career in nonprofit fundraising and management.  Carl and his wife, Linda (director of admissions at Scattergood School) live near Solon at Wild Finch Farm.