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.












