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OOS Memberships/Renewals

You may now join or renew your membership in the OOS on-line with your credit card. Visit the membership page and select your membership level, or print a renewal form to mail.


OOS Fall Meeting

October 15-17

 

The OOS Fall meeting will be held in Stillwater Oct 15-17. The detailed schedule will be announced soon.


Cormorant and Ibis Hybridization

Jim Arterburn has provided copies of two articles from North American Birds he has co-authored with Joe Grzybowski and Ron Shepperd on Glossy/White-faced Ibis and Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant hybridization.

 

More and more hybrid ibis are being found throughout Oklahoma, especially the Salt Plains, Hackberry and Red Slough and surrounding states.  While only the one hybrid cormorant has been found to date these articles will be of interest to birders around the state and may help bring more hybrid sightings to light.

 

The two articles may be found on the Features page.


Birding Festival Season

Oklahoma has four great birding festivals!

Lesser Prairie-Chicken Festival
April 16-21, 2010

The Oklahoma Audubon Council's second annual Lesser Prairie-Chicken Festival, will be held April 16-21 in Woodward, OK. The keynote speaker is Julie Zickefoose, widely published natural history writer and artist. Beside seeing the Lesser Prairie-Chicken up close and personal, there will be field trips (led by Eric Beck, Terry Mitchell, Bill Carrell, John Couch and others) to the Selman Ranch, Harper County, the Cooper WMA, the Four Canyons Preserve, Owl Prowls, a two night extension to Black Mesa led by Jimmy Woodard, and a prairie and caving trip to the Selman Living Lab led by Dr, Bill Caire and Dr. Gloria Cadell.

Cherokee Birding and Heritage Festival at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
April 23-25, 2010

The festival link still shows the 2009 schedule, but this will give you an idea of the huge variety of events scheduled at this festival.

 

Red Slough Birding Convention
May 8-11, 2010

The 2nd Annual Red Slough Birding Convention will be held May 8-11, 2010 in Idabel, visiting the legendary Red Slough and Little River NWR among other areas. Speakers include Dr. Mia Revels on Swainson's Warbler, George Harp on Dragonflies, Dr. Chris Butler on Yellow Rails and Bill Burt on Rare and Elusive Birds of North America. Burt is a nationally famous naturalist, photographer and writer with a passion for wild places and elusive birds – especially marshes, and the shy birds within.

Arbuckle-Simpson Nature Festival
May 7-8, 2010

The 4th annual Arbuckle-Simpson Nature Festival in Tishomingo, OK – May 7 & 8, 2010.  Participants in the 2010 festival will have the opportunity to be guided by regional naturalists, historians, and wildlife experts on tours of such local gems as: the Blue River, Pennington Creek, Pontotoc Ridge Preserve,  Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery, Chickasaw Nation Capitol, Council House Museum, Emet White House, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, and   Arbuckle-Simpson ranches that private owners have generously opened for our tours


Fall 2009 OOS Meeting Highlights

If you have pictures you would like to share, please send them to John Kennington

 


Recent Rarity Sightings from eBird

Below is the eBird Rare Bird Google Gadget, an up-to-date list of birds reported as "rare" in eBird. eBird is a great way to track your own sightings and to add to the global knowledge-base of bird population trends. eBird has greatly improved over the last year, and is a great way to keep your bird lists, You can also export from AviSys and other listing software. Click here for more info on the eBird gadget and how birds included on this list.


OOS Now Accepting Credit Cards!

You may now join or renew your membership in the OOS on-line with your credit card. Visit the membership page and select your membership level.

You may also purchase the OOS Date Guide and Field Cards on-line. See the publications page to order your items.


Lesser Prairie Chickens and Wind Energy

New proposals for vast wind energy farms are now threatening the existence of the Lesser Prairie Chicken in Oklahoma. Visit the Conservation Page for more information

 

Welcome!

We are an independent, non-profit educational organization founded in 1951 and dedicated to the observation, study, and conservation of birds. Our diverse membership, which includes individuals of all ages, is composed of both beginning birders and professional ornithologists. The observation and study of birds is a prominent example of a scientific field in which amateurs have made major contributions. As a member of the OOS, you will have many unique opportunities to cultivate your interest in birds.

 

OOS On Facebook

Visit the official Facebook page of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society to see the latest news, photos and talk about Oklahoma birds.

 

OKBirds E-Mail Listserv

The Sutton Avian Research Center sponsors a discussion list (listserv) for those interested in Oklahoma birds. Click here for information on how to subscribe.

Birdingonthe.Net has the last ten days of messages on one convenient page.

 

Guide to Birding in OK

View Tulsa Audubon's On-line Guide To Birding in Oklahoma featuring birding locations across the state, including Google Maps and Google Earth interfaces.

 

Important Bird Areas

Important Bird Areas, or IBAs, are sites that provide essential habitat for one or more species of bird. In 2006 the OK Audubon Council began a state IBA program, appointing Eric Beck as our State IBA Coordinator. Many OOS members serve on the Technical Committee that is currently evaluating area for inclusion as IBAs. Click here for more information on this important program.

 

OKBirds Photos


Western Screech-Owl by Steve Metz

View the latest Bird photos submitted to the OKBirds listowner.

 

OK Wild Bird Wiki

The purpose of the OK Wild Bird Wiki is to allow Oklahoma birders to share their knowledge of Oklahoma birds with the Oklahoma birding community. The Wiki allows visitors to search for information on Oklahoma birds and to enter new records of interest.

 

 

 


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