Payne County Audubon Society

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 web site and to join us as a member of PCAS.

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2008-2009 CALENDAR
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ODWC
SELMAN BAT WATCH
Alabaster Caverns State
Park--Limit 75 per night;
$10 Adult; $5 children
Sign up June 1 - June 12

Injured Bird
Hotline

B IRDATHON
2009

2008-2009
PCAS Calendar

2008-2009 PROGRAMS

Sep 4

Potluck Picnic, General Meeting, & Birdathon Awards
Couch Park, Susan Walker & Jerry Wilhm

Oct 2

Prairie Grouse in Oklahoma
Dwayne Elmore

Nov 6

Birds of Malaysia and Borneo
Iris McPherson

Dec 4

Planning for Christmas Bird Count
Jim Ownby & Tim O'Connell

Feb 5

Birds of Tanzania
Jim & Charlotte Ownby

Feb 27

Nature Photography
Tom Ulrich

Mar 5

Avian Ecology & Habitat in Utah
Paul van Els & Brett Cooper

This program has changed dates with Jennifer Grindstaff's Bluebirds
of Payne County, which has been rescheduled for our September
3rd opening meeting. Jen says: "Between now and then, please note
the locations of any marked bluebirds you see -- those with both a
silver and a colored leg band -- and report to me:
jen.grindstaff@okstate.edu. Thank you, and see you in September!"

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Apr 2

Scholarship Recipients' Research Reports

Paul van Els: "Use of Eastern Red Cedar in the Wintering
Habitat of Bird Life in Cross Timbers"

Brett Cooper: "Sand Plum relationships with Avian
Abundance in Southern Great Plains"

Mai Onoue: "The Influence of Ornamental Plantings on the
Avian Abundance of House Sparrows on the OSU Campus"

2008-2009 FIELD TRIPS & EVENTS

Oct 5

Nature Day, Crystal Cork

Oct 25-26

Great Salt Plains Field Trip, Leader, Paul van Els
(overnight/carpooling)

Nov 15

Sooner Lake Field Trip, John Couch
(morning/carpooling)

Dec 15

Sooner Lake Christmas Bird Count, John Couch

Dec 20

Stillwater Christmas Bird Count, Jim Ownby & Tim O'Connell

Jan 8-11

Winter Bird Count, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

Feb13-16

Great Backyard Bird Count, Cornell University

Mar 28-29

Red Slough & SE Oklahoma Field Trip, Leader TBA
(overnight/carpooling)

Mar -May

Birdathon, Susan Walker

April 25

Bird & Breakfast, Les & Pat Imboden

Jun 1-5

Nature Camp I, Crystal Cork

Jun 8-12

Nature Camp II, Crystal Cork

We hold short, 1 to 2-hour bird walks in the Stillwater area about once or twice a month. Visit the website for exact times and locations.

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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


	Grab your binoculars and call some birding buddies! BIRDATHON 2009 is just around the corner, beginning March 15 and ending at midnight May 15. This is a great way to spend a day birding while competing for prizes and raising money for the Payne County Audubon Society. Now is the time to: People your BIRDATHON team with avid “Thoners” and give it a prize-winning name. Check out the areas you will bird. You can conduct your BIRDATHON anywhere in the world between March 1 and May 31. Enlist your sponsors—the more the better! Ask your doctors and dentist, ask your co-workers, ask your friends and relatives, ask businesses that you frequent, ask your hairdresser. Ask your boss if your company will match the funds you raise. And/or . . . sponsor yourself! Be sure to give prospective sponsors an idea of the number of species you are likely to see. Explain that all donations are tax deductible and that sponsors may donate a flat amount or an amount per species. Be sure to keep a list of sponsors’ addresses and amounts pledged and collected so that we can send a thank-you Feathers to each sponsor. Our primary objective is to raise money to support PCAS’s Nature Camp and Nature Day educational programs. Funds raised are also used for PCAS scholarships, to maintain our web site, and to publish Feathers.