Curious by Nature: Backyard BioBlitz!

🌿 Backyard BioBlitz at Hauberg Estate 🌿

📅 June 27 at 2:00 PM – June 28 at 2:00 PM
📍 Hauberg Estate, 1300 24th St, Rock Island, IL 61201
🎟️ FREE Event

Join us for a Backyard BioBlitz at Hauberg Estate in Rock Island, IL! Discover the amazing wildlife and plants living right in our community while helping document species alongside expert naturalists. Whether you're a curious beginner or a seasoned nature lover, there's something for everyone!

🦉 Activities Include:

📅FRIDAY📅
✅ 3:00PM - Guided Plant Hike AND/OR Live Reptiles with Nahant Marsh
✅ 4:00PM - Mammal Presentation
✅ 5:00PM - LIVE Raptors with RARE
✅ 8:30PM - Bat Hike with US Fish & Wildlife Service
✅ 8:30PM - Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life showing on the lawn
✅ 8:45PM - Insect Light Sheeting with Angella Moorehouse
✅ 9:00PM - Owl Prowl with Nahant Marsh

📅SATURDAY📅
✅ 11:00AM - Native Ferns with Bob Bryant
✅ 12:00PM - Bat Data with US Fish & Wildlife Service

📅BOTH DAYS📅
✅ Interactive Nature Stations (3-6PM FRI, and 10AM-1PM SAT)
✅ Arts & Crafts
✅ And MORE!

Let’s explore, learn, and connect with nature—right in our own backyard!

🦋 Presented in partnership with: Guardians of the Prairie and Forest, Bi-CAN, Sierra Club Eagle View Group, Wild Ones Quad Cities, City of Davenport, Nahant Marsh Education Center, Prairie Rivers Network, Quad City Audubon Society, and more!