2026 Webinars

Webinar 1
The Wonder of Wetlands

Topics:

  • About the program
  • Prairie wetland ecology
  • Importance of wetlands

Webinar 2
Birding Basics & ID Session 1

Birds this session: Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, and Sora

Amphibians this session: Boreal Chorus Frog, Wood Frog

Webinar 3
ID Session 2 & Native Wetland Plants

Birds this session: Northern Pintail, American Coot, Red-necked Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Killdeer, American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt

Amphibians this session: Northern Leopard Frog

Plants this session: Cattails, Bulrushes, Rushes, Spike Rushes, Common Reed (Phragmites, native subspecies), Duckweed, Carex sedges

Webinar 4
ID Session 3

Birds this session: Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Horned Grebe, Eared Grebe, Wilson’s Snipe, Black Tern

Amphibians this session: Spring Peeper, Gray Treefrog, Cope’s Gray Treefrog

Webinar 5
ID Session 4 & Invasive Wetland Plants

Birds this session: Gadwall, American Wigeon, Great Blue Heron, American Bittern, Least Bittern, Wilson’s Phalarope

Amphibians this session: Canadian Toad, American Toad

Invasive plants this session: Common Reed (Phragmites, invasive subspecies), Invasive and Hybrid Cattail, Flowering Rush (not a real rush), Purple Loosestrife, Water Hyacinth

Webinar 6
ID Session 5 – Diving Ducks

Birds this session: Canvasback, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser

Webinar 7
ID Session 6

Birds this session: Marsh Wren, Sedge Wren, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Harrier, Common Tern, Forster’s Tern, Willet, Marbled Godwit

Webinar 8
ID Session 7

Birds this session: Virginia Rail, Yellow Rail, LeConte’s Sparrow, Nelson’s Sparrow, Western Grebe, Clark’s Grebe, Bobolink, White-faced Ibis

Amphibians this session: Plains Spadefoot, Great Plains Toad

Webinar 9
The Big Review!

This session we review all of the birds covered to date.

Note: This recording is approximately 2 hours long

Webinar 10
Wrap up!

In this final session we review why wetlands are important, all of the amphibian and plant species covered, and listen in on some wetland soundscapes to practice our ear.