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Around 70,000 people visit Brown's Woods every year. Brown's Woods provides an essential stopping place for spring and fall migratory birds, such as warblers and vireos. [2] The wildlife area is named after Tallmadge E. Brown, a Des Moines lawyer who acquired large tracts of land around Des Moines in the late 1800s.
Hummingbirds are seen in Iowa around mid-April each year, said Anna Buckardt Thomas, an avian ecologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in an email to the Des Moines Register.
You can also find live music, activities for the kids and plenty of food and drink options. When: Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m., open May 1 - Sept. 11 Where: 201 Main St., Bondurant
Look out for birds across Iowa on Thursday night. Hundreds of thousands of birds will fly through the state to head south for the winter.
Within the Des Moines metropolitan area, the park preserves a bottomland hardwood forest featuring the largest natural stand of black walnut trees in North America. [2] The Raccoon River meanders through the 260-acre (110 ha) park, providing fishing and canoeing opportunities. The park also provides picnic areas, a limestone lodge built in the ...
In 1963, Abraham Harry Blank donated $150,000 for the construction of a children's zoo on decommissioned Fort Des Moines property. [1] The Des Moines Children’s Zoo was officially opened on May 8, 1966. It was originally designed around nursery rhymes and included a castle with moat, replica of Noah's Ark, petting zoo and miniature railroad.
Yet another commercial flock in Iowa is destroyed as bird flu surges in Iowa during the fall migration of wild birds Bird flu strikes third northwest Iowa turkey facility, with 30,000 birds ...
B-Bop's was created by Bob Johnson in 1988. The first B-Bop's was located at 1500 East Euclid, Des Moines, Iowa, as Johnson saw it as the ideal location to build a double drive-thru. [1] That location has now been demolished after Bob Johnson built a new B-Bops around the corner on East 14th St. [1] The chain began franchising in 1994.