Birding / Nature Organizations in Olmsted County
    (including Rochester, MN)

Bob Ekblad

• Meetings are held at 7:00 pm at the Quarry Hill Nature Center on the 4th Tuesday of the month from September through April (except December).  A picnic is held on the 4th Tuesday of May.

• Field Trips are offered to local and area birding hot spots (at least monthly except during the summer)
• Most trips depart from the Rochester Community Technical College (RCTC), located on County 9 on the east side of Rochester, across the street from the Federal Medical Facility
• Everyone is welcome to attend all ZVAS events.  You do not need to be a member to participate.

• Link to Zumbro Valley Audubon Society web page for information on meetings and field trip schedule

• The park is located just inside East Circle Drive on the east side of Rochester
• Link to Quarry Hill Park web page for information 

• The park is located north of Byron (which is west of Rochester) just east of of Cty 5 and north of Cty 4 on Cty 105.
• Link to Oxbow Park web page for information and schedule of field trips and activities
• Brochure of the park - 326K Adobe Acrobat pdf file not available at this time

• The park is located east of Chester (which is east of Rochester) just south of Hwy 14.
• Link to Chester Woods Park web page for information and schedule of field trips and activities.
• Brochure of the park - 930K Adobe Acrobat pdf file

• Rochester, MN home web page
• Rochester Users Guide web page