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​Background Information
  • Beginning Birding [Video]
  • www.allaboutbirds.org
  • Birding by Ear
  • Birding activities for kids (all ages)
  • Lifelong Learning Birding courses
  • Bird Anatomy (all ages)
  • How birds fly (Grades K-4) [Video]
  • Bird Mystery! (Grades 5-8)
  • Urban Birding by Ear
  • All about woodpeckers [Podcast episode]
  • Migratory Birds (Grades K-5) [Video]
  • Iowa PBS Phenomena
  • Guide to online birding guides
  • Quail hatching video
  • Warbler Guide
​Bird Feeding
  • What to plant to attract birds 
  • Project Feederwatch Citizen Science Initiative
  • Hummingbird Nectar Recipe
Helping birds
  • Birds & Gardening (6-8th Grade)
  • Ways to help birds
  • Citizen Science opportunities
  • Virtual Bird Banding
Local Groups/Resources
  • Prairie Rapids Audubon Society
  • Find local birds (check local hotspots)
  • Iowa Young Birders
  • Iowa Ornithologist Union
  • Bird Friendly Iowa
  • ​Iowa-centric Birding Facebook Groups:
    • Iowa Birding
    • Iowa Young Birders
    • Iowa Ornithologists' Union
    • Iowa Bird Photography
    • Owl About Iowa
Just for Fun
  • ​John J. Audubon's Birds of America - Each print is also available as a free high-resolution download.


Pre-Made Activities/Curriculum:

  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology curriculum - click here
  • Project WILD - Curriculum book
  • Project WET - Curriculum book
  • Various Water Rocks! activities - click here
  • What makes a bird a bird - click here (accompanying teacher's guide, click here)
  • Smithsonian Museum "Follow that Bird" Curriculum - click here

Supplies Available:

  • Various taxidermied mounts with matching cards (Note: We will not be allowing handling of the mounts by students. The mounts can't withstand the amount of handling each year.)
  • Various taxidermied specimen "parts" (i.e. feet, wings, heads, etc)
  • Bird field guides
  • Printed anatomy diagrams
  • Binoculars
  • Water Rocks! activity components (please let us know which specific activities you are looking at so we can check our supplies)




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OUR MISSION
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​Hartman Reserve Nature Center is dedicated to understanding our environment through education, recreation and community involvement and to stewardship of a unique natural area.
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CONTACT INFO

​Hartman Reserve Nature Center
657 Reserve Drive
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
Phone: (319)-277-2187
Fax: (319) 277-4420
NATURE CENTER HOURS
Monday - Friday: 8 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: 1-5pm
​No cost to enter and enjoy the exhibits and library.
​
TRAILS
Open every day from
​sunrise to sunset. Free to use.

OUTDOOR-ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM
The restroom on the south side of the building is open every day from
​sunrise to sunset.
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • HISTORY
    • WHAT WE ARE
    • VISION
    • OUR PARTNERS
    • STAFF
    • CONNECT
  • VISIT
    • NATURE CENTER HOURS
    • TRAILS >
      • TRAIL RX
    • ANIMAL AMBASSADORS >
      • SPINY SOFTSHELL TURTLE
      • PAINTED TURTLE
      • RED-EARED SLIDER
      • 3-TOED BOX TURTLE
      • ORNATE BOX TURTLES
      • WESTERN FOX SNAKE
      • CORN SNAKE
      • WESTERN HOGNOSE SNAKE
      • TIGER SALAMANDERS
    • EXHIBITS
  • EDUCATION
    • SCHOOL OF THE WILD
    • FIELD TRIPS >
      • PRE K - KINDERGARDEN
      • 1st - 2nd GRADE
      • 3rd - 4th GRADE
      • 5th GRADE and UP
    • EDUCATORS RESOURCES
  • PROGRAMS
    • UPCOMING
    • YOUTH CAMPS >
      • SUMMER CAMPS
    • PUBLIC PROGRAMS >
      • TALES FROM THE TRAILS
    • SPECIAL EVENTS >
      • MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL
      • UNDER THE HARVEST MOON
      • WOODLAND WONDERLAND
  • RENTALS
    • COMMUNITY ROOM
    • BUCKLES BUILDING
    • SNOWSHOES
  • OPPORTUNITIES
    • VOLUNTEER
    • INTERNSHIPS
  • DONATE
    • BRICKS FOR BIRDS