More signs of spring
Rich reports the wrens, orioles and grosbeaks have arrived back in our area, right on schedule! I guess the bird population follows its calendar no matter how stubbornly chilly it remains around here. I can’t…
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Welcome to our new website!
We’ve been working hard since late last year and we’re proud to introduce you to our labor of love! Spring seems to be just the right season to see this beautiful new site in bloom. …
Read MoreRich Patterson remembers Don Canney
Former mayor Don Canney was an avid outdoorsman and expert knifemaker. Although much of the media attention following Don Canney’s death focused on his many achievements in the urban part of Cedar Rapids, he also…
Read MoreMusic in the Loft
Iowa Vanguard Jazz Collective will fill the barn’s auditorium with a broad selection of music from great jazz composers: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Toshiko Akioshi, Woody Herman and more! Original arrangements and compositions will also…
Read MorePaddle Day is coming!
Winter doesn’t slow us down at the Nature Center! Paddle Day is coming up quickly and we’ve got a henhouse full of chicken workshops for you!
Bug Academy this weekend!
Are you getting ready for winter? The bugs are! Join Indian Creek Nature Center and expert “bug guy” Joe Zito for Bug Academy this Saturday, October 9th at 1 PM. Joe will tell us all…
Read MoreSeptember means honey!
It’s that time of year again! Are you ready for Honey Fest? The Nature Center bees have been very happy – and busy, of course – this year, and they’re ready for you to come…
Read MoreNew Kid in Town
There’s a new species of dove arriving in Eastern Iowa. Well, the species isn’t new, but its presence here is. It’s the Eurasian Collared Dove and they’re spreading quickly across the United States. You can…
Read MoreWhat on Earth?
To the untrained eye right now, our front walk looks like a giant slip n slide. (Namely to my untrained eye. And I’m not recommending the front walk for its slip n slide properties.) So…
Read MoreThe rain barrel wrap up… or is it?
Unless you were asleep (or otherwise busy with your fabulous life), you probably know that we sold and distributed quite a few rain barrels this spring – 600 to be exact! The rain barrel sale…
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