ANNUAL Planning Meeting changed to June 28, 2009 see below
3^rd year - NIGHTJAR SURVEY Through June 7^th To read all the details and register a route, check out http://www.ccb-wm.org/nightjar/protocols.htm June 13 – Sat. morning Birding, Meet Sojourner Truth Park 8 a.m. June 28 – ANNUAL PLANNING MTG. Home of Patricia Yeager, 5614 Bayers Rd., Lake Elbo Meet 4 p.m. Eat 6 p.m. See Prairie Falcon for more info NFHAS Newsletter: Current issue Prairie Falcon     Articles about local birds, plants, skywatching, and other things of interest  to inquiring minds. Prairie Falcon Website  Chapter Activities,    Schedule of Meetings and Field Trips,    Current Conservation Issues,    Officers and Committees Back issues of the Prairie Falcon Available as pdf file   Doppler Radar from Kansas City International Airport - covering eastern KS and Riley County	FLEDGLING BIRDERS Northeast Park Brochure of Park and Cecil Best Trail  (You may need to upgrade your Acrobat Reader to view this pdf file) Northeast Park  - Bridge Dedication Kansas Rare Bird Photo Gallery -  by Dave Rintoul Christmas Bird Census A History Manhattan 60th Christmas Bird Census (CBC) 2008 Summary by Dave Rintoul Migratory Bird Count 2009 – Jim Throne Kansas Birds by Month Susan Adamchak    Kansas Ornithological Society Action Alert Center National Audubon Society - Conservation and Wildlife  Issues on National Level. MAPS Monitoring Avian Productivity and survivorship program, coordinated by Institute for Bird Populations. Involves mist-netting and banding birds at nearby Ft. Riley, KS. National Audubon Chapter Services Office Audubon Action Advisory Project Feeder Watch - Citizen Science from Cornell University Bird of the Week - a new feature from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology OTHER ISSUES OF INTEREST Operation Crane Watch - Track Sandhill cranes with satellite transmitters as they migrate from Siberia to Mexico! Friends of Quivira - A newly formed support group for our adopted refuge! Teaming with Wildlife - A new initiative for funding non-game wildlife programs. Endorsed by the NFHAS and the Kansas Audubon Council Cats Indoors - A new initiative from the American Bird Conservancy, designed to help stop the killing of BILLIONS of North American birds by outdoor cats every year. Also see Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation website.                                             LISTSERV GROUPS Kansas Birding & Kansas Conservation  Issues - Listservs for electronic discussions. Along-standing Internet tradition, listserv groups are subscription-only (but it is easy and free to subscribe) arenas for discussion of lots of relevant, and sometimes irrelevant (but still interesting) issues and ideas. Information on KSCONS-L   An electronic discussion group for Kansas Conservation Issues   Information on KSBIRD-L  An electronic discussion group for folks interested in the birds of Kansas BirdChat - the longest-running global list for birders, founded in 1991 and still going strong.        RARE BIRD ALERT HOTLINES & WEATHER Most recent update - Kansas (statewide) RBA: Click here to see how rare it is, or report it to the    Kansas Bird Records Committee using our electronic report form. At the same site you can download and print a paper version of the Kansas Bird Record Committee report form (in Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, or ascii text formats). You will need the Adobe Acrobat software, available free of charge, in order to view the PDF documents after downloading them. Or, alternatively, you can contact the secretary of the Kansas Bird Record Committee. Most recent update - Missouri (statewide) RBA: 573-445-9115 Most recent update - Nebraska (statewide) RBA: 402-292-5325 Most recent update - Oklahoma (statewide) RBA: (918) 669-6646
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