Calendar
Monthly Membership Meetings
Quad City Audubon Society holds monthly membership meetings from September through May, on the second Thursday of the month beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Butterworth Center, 1105 8th Street, Moline. Every meeting includes a presentation on a natural history or conservation topic. Topics run the gamut from butterflies to endangered ocean life, to ice-age geology, and, of course, birds. Birding presentations span the globe from the Arctic to the Antarctic, with stops in the tropics, and the Midwest.
Thursday March 9, 1:30 PM at the Bettendorf Public Library. Larry Stone will give a free public program, "Gladys Black: The Legacy of Iowa’s Bird Lady". This program is based on the book by Larry and Jon Stravers.
Thursday March 9, 7:00 PM (Virtual Meeting). Millions of waterfowl are on the move, and many different species will be passing through the Quad Cities in the next month or two! Join us as Tim Murphy discusses how to identify them! Zoom link: https://wiu.zoom.us/j/94727531516
March 11, 2023 8:00am Field Trip. Princeton Iowa Wildlife Management Area spring waterfowl walk. Meet at Princeton Wildlife Area south boat ramp end of 266th Street at 8:00am. For questions contact QCAudubon@gmail.com
April 8 Field Trip Cone Marsh. Meet at the Marquette Street Boat Ramp, Davenport at 7:00am. Cone Marsh southwest of Muscatine is great for viewing waterfowl and shorebirds. For questions contact qcaudubon@gmail.com
Thursday April 13 7:00pm Butterworth Education Center, 701 12th Avenue, Moline. Program: Brian Fox Ellis, representing Illinois Audubon Society and a renowned character actor portrays "Robert Ridgeway, An Illinois Ornithologist" Ridgeway was a prominent ornithologist and Curator of Ornithology at Smithsonian Museum beginning 1880.
April 29, Stroll Thru Springtime, Black Hawk State Historic Site, Rock Island. Citizens to Preserve Black Hawk Park. Bird Walk 7:00-9:00am Program 9:00-10:00am Wildflower Walk 10:00-Noon.
May 6, Illinois Spring Bird Count. See article newsletter. Contact Tim Murphy 309-764-9779 or for further information. https://spring-bird-count.inhs.illinois.edu/ Coordinated by Illinois Natural History Survey.
May 6 Earth Day Recognized. Farmers Market Freight House, Davenport 8:00am-2:00pm.
May 11, 7:00pm Membership Meeting Details to be announced.
May 13, 2023 Field Trip Dorrance & Illiniwek Parks 7:00am. Meet at the ball diamond parking lot at Dorrance Park, Port Byron. IL 7:00am. This field trip has yielded outstanding numbers of migrating and breeding warbles, tanagers, orioles and woodpeckers. For questions contact qcaudubon@gmail.com
June 4. 2023 Field Trip Mississippi Palisades State Park and Lost Mound Wildlife Refuge, Savanna, IL.
Meet at Shulers Shady Grove Park, Rapids City 6:00am for carpooling. This is an all day field trip that will include a stop for lunch. This field trip features late waterfowl, breeding warblers, forest and grassland birds. For questions contact qcaudubon@gmail.com
An archive of monthly membership meetings, field trips and special events from past years can be viewed here: Calendar Archives
Acknowledgment: photo by Ken Carnes
The Quad City Audubon Society (QCAS) is dedicated to the enjoyment of birds, a better understanding of the natural world, stewardship of natural areas and habitats, fellowship, improvement of community awareness of environmental issues, and education of youth for the benefit of future generations.
UPCOMING EVENTS
All events are open to the public:
Thursday March 9, 1:30 PM at the Bettendorf Public Library. Larry Stone will give a free public program, "Gladys Black: The Legacy of Iowa’s Bird Lady". This program is based on the book by Larry and Jon Stravers.
Thursday March 9, 7:00 PM (Virtual Meeting). Millions of waterfowl are on the move, and many different species will be passing through the Quad Cities in the next month or two! Join us as Tim Murphy discusses how to identify them! Zoom link: https://wiu.zoom.us/j/94727531516
March 11, 2023 8:00am Field Trip. Princeton Iowa Wildlife Management Area spring waterfowl walk. Meet at Princeton Wildlife Area south boat ramp end of 266th Street at 8:00am. For questions contact QCAudubon@gmail.com
April 8 Field Trip Cone Marsh. Meet at the Marquette Street Boat Ramp, Davenport at 7:00am. Cone Marsh southwest of Muscatine is great for viewing waterfowl and shorebirds. For questions contact qcaudubon@gmail.com
Thursday April 13 7:00pm Butterworth Education Center, 701 12th Avenue, Moline. Program: Brian Fox Ellis, representing Illinois Audubon Society and a renowned character actor portrays "Robert Ridgeway, An Illinois Ornithologist" Ridgeway was a prominent ornithologist and Curator of Ornithology at Smithsonian Museum beginning 1880.
April 29, Stroll Thru Springtime, Black Hawk State Historic Site, Rock Island. Citizens to Preserve Black Hawk Park. Bird Walk 7:00-9:00am Program 9:00-10:00am Wildflower Walk 10:00-Noon.
May 6, Illinois Spring Bird Count. See article newsletter. Contact Tim Murphy 309-764-9779 or for further information. https://spring-bird-count.inhs.illinois.edu/ Coordinated by Illinois Natural History Survey.
May 6 Earth Day Recognized. Farmers Market Freight House, Davenport 8:00am-2:00pm.
