Dates October 17-18, 2025

Location: ODWC Arcadia Conservation Education Area

Friday Schedule:

07:00 PM - 10:00 PM    Social, games, and other (bird-adjacent) activities

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Saturday Schedule:

08:00 AM - 10:30 AM    Field Trip: Lake Hefner (Led by Joe Grzybowski, meet at Prairie Dog Point Parking Lot)
08:00 AM - 10:30 AM    Field Trip: Red Ridge (Led by Steve Stone, enter through Red Ridge gate on Lincoln)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM    Red Ridge Tour (Exclusive tour led by ODWC Deputy Director)
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM    Lunch (on your own)
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM    OOS Board Meeting (all members welcome)
03:00 PM - 05:30 PM    Speakers
05:30 PM - 07:00 PM    Dinner
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM    Keynote Speaker

*All events except field trips and the Red Ridge Tour will take place at ODWC Arcadia Conservation Education Area.

 

Speaker Lineup
Lance Swearengin: Red Ridge and OOS Partnership

Zach Poland: First Record of Brewer’s Sparrow in Eastern OK

Manuel Lederer: Changes in Avian Abundance and Species Richness in South-Central OK

Cora McKinney: Documenting Prothonotary Warbler Parental Feeding Behaviors

Gloria Caddell: Native Oklahoma Plants

Dylan Cooper: Evaluating Orthopteran Prey Preference

 

Keynote: Kyle Atkins-Weltman: Theropod Dinosaurs and their Evolutionary Link to Modern Birds

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Pricing: Full Event: $30   *   Field Trips Only: $10   *   Student Full Event: $5​​

 

A block of rooms has been reserved for OOS Fall Meeting attendees at Hampton Inn and Suites Oklahoma City/Quail Springs. To book a room at the special rate, please use this link (https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/okcothx-oos-0c14acea-9d0e-448c-90e9-8ac27ae5eece/).

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