2025 Spring Species Count

May 10, 2025

Bird Counts, Events

By Tony Moline

On Saturday, May 10th, 28 Dubuque Audubon members and guests participated in the Annual Spring Bird Count. This year’s count coincided with World Migratory Bird day and the Global Big Day.

Sites surveyed by 3 groups included Mines of Spain SRA, Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Eagle Point Park, Deere Dike Park, and Green Island Wildlife Area.

A whopping 145 species were recorded by the observers. Our summer newsletter will include the species list.

Highlights included 21 warbler species, all vireo species including White-Eyed (uncommon in Dubuque County), and all 7 woodpecker species. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day was the discovery of fresh American Black Bear scat!

Jan 31, 2025

Articles, Bird Counts, Christmas Bird Count

2024 Christmas Bird Count Follow-up Interview

With 2024 being the 125th anniversary of the Christmas Bird Count, Science Friday did an interview in early January titled "What Scientists Have Learned from 125 Years of Bird Counts."

Jan 28, 2025

Bird Counts, Events

2025 Great Backyard Bird Count

This year's Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is February 14-17. Each February, the world joins to report bird observations... no need to sign up... If you already report birds using eBird or Merlin, just keep doing what you're doing...
Jackson County Conservation is hosting a GBBC event on Saturday, February 15, from 10-12 at the Hurstville Interpretive Center. Registration is required...

Dec 28, 2024

Bird Counts, Christmas Bird Count, Events

2024 Christmas Bird Count Results

On December 28th, Dubuque Audubon members and volunteers participated in the annual Christmas Bird Count. Unseasonably, high temperatures were both a blessing and a curse, as an iceless river lead to lower than normal numbers for waterfowl.

Sep 22, 2024

Events

Fall Raptor Watch

Thanks to everyone who came out to the raptor watch at the Mines of Spain! We counted 53 Broad-winged Hawks. When they seemed to drop down on us from above, we speculated that there may have been many more that we couldn't see due to the cloud coverage.

Sep 4, 2024

Events

Birding @ Whitewater Canyon

We had a nice-sized group for our pop-up field trip yesterday at the Whitewater Canyon Wildlife Management Area. The warblers did not cooperate by showing up at the overlook, but we had an enjoyable morning!

Aug 25, 2024

Events

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.

May 11, 2024

Bird Counts, Events

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!

Mar 1, 2024

Articles, Events

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...

Dec 30, 2023

Bird Counts, Christmas Bird Count, Events

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.)

2025 Spring Species Count

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