An independent, non-profit educational organization founded in 1951 and dedicated to the observation, study, and conservation of birds.
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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 Spring Meeting Recap
The 2013 OOS Spring Field meeting was held April 26-28 in Idabel and the warm, birdy climes of southeastern Oklahoma. Field trips to the Little River National Wildlife Refuge, McCurtain County Wilderness Area, and Red Slough resulted in a total of 157 bird species being tallied! The featured presenters on Saturday will be Dr. Douglas James and Dr. Ragupathy Kannan who presented an informative and engaging talk entitled: the Ecology and Conservation of the Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) in the Western Ghats of southern India. We had a great time and hope everyone can join us again for our fall technical meeting!
Supporting the Proposed Listing of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken The Oklahoma Ornithological Society and the Kansas Ornithological Society endose the proposed listing of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken. You can read the joint letter of support here. Birding Festival Season Oklahoma has great birding festivals!
Red Slough
Birding Convention
The 5th Annual Red Slough Birding Convention will be held May 4-7 in Idabel, visiting the legendary Red Slough and Little River NWR among other areas. Speakers include Bryan Reynolds, founder of the The Butterflies of the World Foundation, and and Laura Erickson, formerly Science Editor for the Cobnrell Lab of Ornitholigy. She's currently a columnist and contributing editor for BirdWatching magazine and author of seven books about birds 2013 OOS Special Projects Funding The OOS Special Projects awards provide funding to students at any level, faculty researchers, and individuals or civic groups proposing to do work that aligns with our general mission to promote the “observation, study, and conservation” of birds in Oklahoma. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2013 and awards will be announced April 12th. Click here for more information on the OOS grant program.
The Oklahoma Bird Records Committee (OBRC) is pleased to announce the fourth edition of the official Checklist of Oklahoma Birds has now been published, dated December, 2011. Click here for more information and to view the checklist.
Click here to read the abstracts from the papers presented at the recent Fall meeting.
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.
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.
Fall 2009 OOS Meeting Highlights
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
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