Botswana: An African Adventure , presented by Bob Gress – Photographer, current WAS president, and former Director of the Great Plains Nature Center. A trip to watch wild animals, especially in Africa is called a safari. In Swahili, safari means journey or expedition. Botswana is a landlocked country in southern Africa. The country lies mostly …
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Bring your binoculars and discover the birds that visit and live in Chisholm Creek Park. No birding experience is needed. Expect 1–2 miles of walking on paved paths. The walk will last about 90 minutes. Meet at the Great Plains Nature Center parking lot
Cats and windows: Two of the greatest threats to our declining bird populations, presented by Scott Loss – Professor of Biology at Oklahoma State University. In addition to important human-caused threats like climate change and habitat loss, bird populations are affected by several direct sources of human-caused mortality, like predation by domestic cats, chemical poisoning, …
Meet in the Great Plains Nature Center parking lot, with a second meet up at 2:30 p.m. at the El Dorado State Park Walnut River area by the main restrooms. We’ll bird the lake and surrounding areas, then hunt for Short-eared Owls at dusk. Finding a SEO is always chancy, but there are good odds …
Bring your binoculars and discover the birds that visit and live in Chisholm Creek Park. No birding experience is needed. Expect 1–2 miles of walking on paved paths. The walk will last about 90 minutes. Meet at the Great Plains Nature Center parking lot
American Woodcock engage in a unique courtship display on early spring evenings. We’ll try to catch sight of them just as it gets dark. Note that this is WEDNESDAY to avoid the crowds of walkers in the park. Meet in the GPNC parking lot.
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) (formerly Squaw Creek NWR) is located in northwest Missouri near Mound City. It is an Internationally Important Bird Area (IBA.) During the fall and winter, as many as 4,000 Trumpeter Swans, 400 Bald Eagles have been spotted. Our field trip will be by auto on the 10-mile, one-way driving …
Chasing America’s Raptors – presented by Scott Harris – birder, photographer, and author. Scott Harris spent 17 months, chasing 53 Raptors across 34 states—his version of a Raptor Big Year. RaptorQuest is about his adventures, misadventures, successes and failures. From -36 degree days, to ones over 100 degrees, to just getting on the bird just …
We will explore the scenic Cross Timbers region in search of early spring warblers and other migrants. Meet at the Dillon’s parking lot at Andover Rd and US 400 and carpool from there.