Payne County Audubon Society
Welcome to the Payne County Audubon Society website!
For over 50 years PCAS has actively promoted the enjoyment of birds and other wildlife in
north central Oklahoma through education, conservation, and study.  We invite you to tour
our website and to join us as a member of PCAS.
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Audubon Council's
Statewide Calendar
WHO TO CALL IF YOU
FIND AN INJURED
BIRD

Injured eagles (only)
Iowa Tribe Eagle Rehab
Perkins -- Vic Roubidoux,
405-334-7471

Injured raptors and birds
1) OSU Vet Med -- Dr
Hoover, 744-8757 (OSU has
a raptor rehab cage); after
hours call the Vet Med
Teaching Hospital 744-7000
to reach Dr Hoover
who will be on call
2) You can also call our local
ranger, John Cunningham
at 747-0505 (cell) or
405-575-3837
COPYRIGHT 2007 PAYNE COUNTY AUDUBON SOCIETY.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
2009/2010 PROGRAMS  & FIELD TRIPS
Sep 3

“BLUEBIRDS OF PAYNE COUNTY”
Jen Grindstaff,
Stillwater Public Library, Rm 119, 6 PM
After the presentation, participants will receive instructions and a
NABS-specific bluebird box kit to take home and assemble
Oct 1

“FEEDING WILD BIRDS,”
Deborah & Ron Early, Tulsa Wild Birds Unlimited,
Stillwater Public Library, Rm 119,
7 PM; after the presentation, participants will make a simple
homemade bird feeder to take home
Oct 4

NATURE DAY
Crystal Cork, Sanborn Lake,
1 PM - 5PM;
Come one, come all to this PCAS day that celebrates the natural
world and teaches with exhibits and hands-on activities for all
Oct
24

BIRDING & BURGERS
Les Imboden, PCAS, & Adrianne Holmes, Sierra Club
Pecan Springs Quail Preserve east of town,
8:30 AM—3:00 PM
Nov 5

“LITERARY OWLS”
Tim O’Connell,
Stillwater Public Library, Rm 119, 7 PM;
after the presentation, participants will dissect an owl pellet


Nov
14
 SOONER LAKE FIELD TRIP
7:30 AM
John Couch
Carpooling from parking lot across from the Municipal Bldg on Lewis
Street--weather permitting
Dec 3

PREPARING FOR THE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS
Jim Ownby & Tim O’Connell,
Stillwater Public Library, Rm 119, 7 PM
Dec
16

SOONER CBC
John Couch
Dec
19

STILLWATER CBC
Jim Ownby & Tim O'Connell
Jan
7-10

WINTER BIRD FEEDER SURVEY
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Feb
4

BUTTERFLIES--HERE TODAY GONE TOMORROW
Bryan Reynolds & Ray Moranz, Butterflies of the World Foundation
Feb
12-1
3

GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT
Cornell University & National Audubon
Mar
5

WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENTATION
Tom Ulrich
7 pm Wes Watkins International Center
Apr
1

2010 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS' AWARDS &
2009 RECIPIENTS' RESEARCH REPORTS
Apr
23-2
5

IN SEARCH OF THE BLACK-CAPPED VIREO:
WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE,
Leaders: Nick Plata (Sat) and Eric Beck (Sun) (carpool)
Apr
3

LOCAL BIRDING FIELD TRIP
TO ELAINE STEBLER'S PROPERTY IN RIPLEY
Elaine Stebler, trip leader
May

BIRDATHON
May 8

BIRD & BREAKFAST
Pat & Les Imboden
June
7-11

AUDUBON CAMP
June
12

LOCAL BIRDING FIELD TRIP TO SYCAMORE VALLEY, SUSAN
WALKER'S PROPERTY EAST OF TOWN
Susan Walker, trip leader

June
14-1
8
AUDUBON CAMP

We occasionally hold short, 1 to 2-hour bird walks in the Stillwater
area . Visit the website for exact times and locations
2009-2010 CALENDAR
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March
FEATHERS
e-newsletter
March
PINFEATHERS
April
Program
April Field
Trip
2010
Calendar
Join the Oklahoma Audubon
Council April 16-21, 2010
for an amazing prairie
experience!  See and hear
the quickly vanishing
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
displaying on its gobbling
grounds.  Come share and
experience the natural
heritage of the high plains
of northwestern Oklahoma.

The Council is planning
another great slate of field
trips and workshops. This
year Julie Zickefoose will be
our featured speaker as
well as our featured artist.

Click here for more
information and registration
form
You're Invited!
IN SEARCH OF THE BLACK-CAPPED VIREO:
WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE OVERNIGHT
FIELD TRIP,  April 23-April 25
Field Leaders: Nick Plata, Saturday; Eric Beck, Sunday

Please join PCAS for our exciting spring overnight field trip to the Wichita
Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Bring your camera, your binocs, and your bedroll!
Get out and enjoy two mornings and one optional afternoon of birding, plus
all the wonders of the reserve: The refuge will be beautifully bursting into
bloom and birdsong at this time of year! Bison and elk will be calving, prairie
dogs will be piping, and Texas longhorns will be lowing.

Carpool will leave the parking lot opposite the municipal building on Lewis
at 3 p.m. Friday, April 23rd. We will eat dinner on the way down and will
return on Sunday, April 25th, after lunch at the Meers General Store.
(If you've never had this experience you are in for a treat.)

We'll tent at Doris Campground on the Reserve. Individual campsites at
Doris Campground are on a first-come, first-served basis and are not
available for reservations. But, if enough campers RSVP by April 3rd, we will
reserve a group site with shelter. Those who would prefer a comfy bed and
bath can reserve an historic cottage or B&B at nearby Medicine Park.
Click here to check out the cabins and B&B accommodations available
and make your reservations.

Lunch fixings and field snacks will be provided, but--while we will eat
together--all other meals will be on your own.

Please RSVP at the link above ASAP if you are planning on attending!
Thursday, April 1st
2010 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS &
2009 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS' RESEARCH REPORTS
7:00 pm, Room 119, Stillwater Public Library

2009 Helen Miller Research Awardee, Jay Burtka will report her research on
Eastern Bluebird behavioral ecology in a presentation titled: "Bad Males
Have More Chicks."  2009 Edwin Glover Research Awardee Adrian Monroe
will describe his research in a report titled: "Winter Bird Response to
Heterogeneity-based Management in a Tallgrass Prairie."

In addition to hearing these reports from our two 2009 scholarship
recipients, we will award our 2010 scholarships to Andrew Crosby and
William Jessie.  Crosby, recipient of the $1000 Helen Miller Research
Award, proposes to study the effects of habitat change on Eastern Bluebird
populations in cross-timbers areas. Jessie, recipient of the $1000 Edwin
Glover Research Award,  proposes to study the effects of patch-burn
practices on Eastern Bluebird nesting success.

Come enjoy our last program and silent auction of the season!
Public is welcome; refreshments will be served.