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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.
The Iowa Audubon Society is a nonprofit organization based in Waterloo, Iowa.Its mission statement states that the Society's goal is to "identify, protect and restore Iowa’s bird habitats, to educate Iowa’s citizens toward a greater level of conservation awareness, and to promote enjoyment and greater pride in Iowa’s natural ecosystems, birds, [and] other wildlife."
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.
The American goldfinch is the state bird of Iowa. This list of birds of Iowa includes species documented in the U.S. state of Iowa and accepted by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union (IOU). As of January 2023, there are 433 species included in the official list. [ 1 ]
Providing birds with a safe and warm space is just as vital as extra food at this time of year. "Robins often use nest boxes as roosting sites during the winter, so putting up a suitable nest box ...
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 ...
The Burnstein-Malin Grocery, also known as the Malin's Kosher Delicatessen, Pickle Barrel Delicatessen, and The Pickle Barrel, was a historic building located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. This commercial building was constructed in two parts.