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. 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.” Click Here for Full Schedule & Registration Packet Or Choose
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
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
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