Field Trips and EventsRegularly Scheduled EventsTuesday Morning Birders. The Tuesday Morning Birders meets at 8:00 a.m. every Tuesday morning at the Tulsa Garden Center from November through March and at 7:30 a.m. April through October during Daylight Savings Time. Join us! Call Neely Lowrie, 494-0401 or Patty Moser, 252-2824.
First Saturday of every month. Bird with Oxley Nature Center Staff in Mohawk Park. Meet 8:00 a.m. at parking lot. Call 669-6644 for details.
Fritillary Fridays (Butterfly Watchers). We meet on the 1st & 3rd Friday of the month during season. Most locations will be in the Tulsa area but will also include the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Nickel Preserve, Deep Fork NWR, etc. We start around 10:00 and go for a few hours or so depending on how much we see and how hungry we are. Everyone is welcome. Contact Dave Edwards, 865-7398, Bob Gard, 241-4273, or John Fisher, 245-8662 for specific meeting place and time. Our email list is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/okleps
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2003-2004
Field Trips and Events
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| September 20 Saturday Moffett Bottoms and Sequoyah NWR for fall migrants and waterfowl. Contact leader for meeting place and time. Leader: Cyndie Browning, 492-5622 |
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| October 11 Saturday Walnut Creek State Park for late woodland birds and possibly waterfowl at Osage Beach. Contact leader for meeting place and time. Contact leader for meeting place and time. Leader: Dave Edwards 865-7398 or cell 638-7398. |
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| October
17-19 Sat-Sun Oklahoma Ornithological Society fall meeting in Sherman, Texas. For information, contact Marty Kamp, 494-8978. |
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| October 25 Saturday
Bird Seed Sale pickup day. |
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| November 1 Saturday
Class - Basics in Digiscoping. Jim Arterburn will discuss and demonstrate how to take pictures using a digital camera witha spotting scope. For time and meeting place call 481-5077 or email Jim Arterburn |
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| November 22-23 Sat-Sun
Black Kettle National Grasslands-Foss Lake-Washita National Wildlife Refuge for western Oklahoma fall specialties - cranes, hawks, sparrows. Leader: Marty Kamp 494-8978 |
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| December 6 Saturday
Owl and Hawk Hunt. Meet at Lake Yahola monument at 3:00 p.m. for later afternoon trip. Leader: Pat Seibert 747-4202(h) 906-4844(cell) |
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| December
20 Saturday Christmas Bird Count. Tulsa Audubon Society will participate in the National Audubon Society 102nd annual count. For information, contact Jo Loyd, 835-2946. |
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January
10, Saturday |
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January
18, Sunday |
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January
19, Monday |
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| January 24, Saturday Lake Hefner, Oklahoma City for gulls. Leader: Jim Arterburn, 481-5077 |
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| February 7, Saturday Tall Grass Prairie and Foraker area for wintering hawks. Call leader Jim Thayer at 494-3784 for meeting time and place. |
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| March 6, Saturday "Puddle jumping" in the Tulsa area. Lynn Lane and Yahola Reservoirs plus Skiatook and Collinsville sewage ponds for waterfowl. Leader: Lynda Fritts, 669-6644(w) or 341-7432(h) |
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| April 16-18, Friday-Sunday
Broken Bow-McCurtain County-Red Slough for early migrants, waterfowl and waders. Leader: Suzie Tramel, 252-4627 |
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| May 1,
Saturday Big Day Count. Tulsa Audubon Society annual county-wide census of migrant and resident species. Organizer: Jo Loyd, 835-2946. |
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| May 08, Saturday Hawthorne Bluff for those fabulous migrant warblers! Take US 169 North to Oologah, then SH 88 east to campground entrance on left (north) before the dam. Long pants and tick repellent advised. Call leader for time and directions. Leader: Bruce Nixon 494-3865 |
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| May 14-17, Friday-Monday Quivira-Cheyenne Bottoms, KS. Shorebirds, water fowl and perhaps a Rail or two! Leader: Jo Loyd, 835-2946. |
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| June 5, Saturday Fort Gibson area for nesting Prothonotary Warblers and other summer birds. Call leader for time and place. Leaders: Patty & Paul Moser, 252-2824 or cell 808-8037 |
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| June 12-13, Saturday &
Sunday Audubon at Home in Tulsa Backyard habitat tour of five homes in Tulsa. Contact Carol Eames for more information. |
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| July 10, Saturday Grand Lake. Day trip to the Rennings’ place on Grand Lake for wading birds, nesters and large birds of prey. Meet at GRDA headquarters, west end of dam on SH28 in Langley 8:30 a.m. Please contact leader to expect you: Elaine Renning, 918-742-8963 in Tulsa or 918-435-4734 at Lake. |
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| August 21, Saturday Lake Heyburn for late summer birds and migrants. Meet 8:00 a.m. Tulsa Garden Center to carpool. Bring water. Pack picnic food to share at lunch after morning birding. Please contact leader in advance. Leader: Bob Harwood, 496-2933 |
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