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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

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Click Here for Full Schedule & Registration Packet

You are cordially invited to the fall 2010 technical meeting of the OOS at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Click here for directions. Registration will begin Friday afternoon from 5-7 at Ag Hall on the OSU campus.  The evening program will start at 8 pm and all attendees are invited to join us for bird photos.  Bring your digital photos and we will watch pictures and, wait for it…talk about birds.  Saturday morning will feature two birding field trips (one specifically for beginners).  Saturday afternoon will feature scientific presentations on avian research by our members.  Our annual business meeting will be held Saturday afternoon and we encourage all OOS members to attend and participate.

We are delighted this year to host as our special guest and banquet speaker Dr. Ted Floyd, Editor of the American Birding Association’s Birding Magazine and author of the Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Nevada and the Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America, as well as many other scholarly publications.

Ted will present “Bare-Naked Birding,” a field identification workshop for beginning birders on Saturday morning and for our banquet presentation “Birding at Night: The Final Frontier.”

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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

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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