Meetings and Programs

12/18/2025 BBAS Christmas Party - Ames Public Library Auditorium 6:30 pm. The Christmas Party will be a lot of fun with great food (please bring some treats to share), excellent birding photos to see, & a short update of events coming up. If you would like to share some of your photos, please pick out a few (up to 12) & put them on a flashdrive. Otherwise, just come & enjoy watching everyone's presentations.
1/15/2026 Carl Kurtz - Bird Habitat Carl Kurtz Topic: Bird Habitat
2/19/2026 Adam Janke - Forest Management for Birds Adam Janke, Iowa State University professor Topic: Forest Management for Birds
3/19/2026 Teresa Testroet - Hummingbird Nests at McFarland Park Teresa Testroet Topic: The Big Year: Hummingbird Nests at McFarland Park
4/16/2026 Doug Harr - The Wildlife of Sax Zim Bog Doug Harr, BBAS Vice President Topic: The Wildlife of Sax Zim Bog
5/21/2026 Joan Van Gorp - The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Joan Van Gorp Topic: The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
6/18/2026 Big Bluestem Audubon Society Picnic and birdwatching event Big Bluestem Audubon Society Picnic and birdwatching event. Location TBA

12/18/2025
BBAS Christmas Party - Ames Public Library Auditorium
6:30 pm. The Christmas Party will be a lot of fun with great food (please bring some treats to share), excellent birding photos to see, & a short update of events coming up. If you would like to share some of your photos, please pick out a few (up to 12) & put them on a flashdrive. Otherwise, just come & enjoy watching everyone's presentations.

1/15/2026
Carl Kurtz - Bird Habitat
Carl Kurtz
Topic: Bird Habitat

2/19/2026
Adam Janke - Forest Management for Birds
Adam Janke, Iowa State University professor
Topic: Forest Management for Birds

3/19/2026
Teresa Testroet - Hummingbird Nests at McFarland Park
Teresa Testroet
Topic: The Big Year: Hummingbird Nests
at McFarland Park

4/16/2026
Doug Harr - The Wildlife of Sax Zim Bog
Doug Harr, BBAS Vice President
Topic: The Wildlife of Sax Zim Bog

5/21/2026
Joan Van Gorp - The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
Joan Van Gorp
Topic: The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge

6/18/2026
Big Bluestem Audubon Society Picnic and birdwatching event
Big Bluestem Audubon Society
Picnic and birdwatching event. Location TBA

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All About Birds ID help and other interesting information from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

Iowa Audubon
statewide coalition of Audubon Chapters and other local birding groups in Iowa

Iowa Ornithologists' Union
statewide organization for all people interested in Iowa's birds

eBird
a handy tool for tracking your bird sightings and contributing to a global picture

All About Birds
ID help and other interesting information from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

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