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Tue01Sep20156:45pm, Socializing 6:15pm Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
Curtis J. Wolf, manager of Kansas Wetlands Education Center. Cheyenne Bottoms is a must-see destination for anyone interested in birds! This area is the largest interior wetland in the interior of the U.S. and provides some of the most critical shorebird habitat in the entire Western Hemisphere. Curtis will discuss the import role Cheyenne Bottoms plays thru videos, photographs and recordings of some of the unique avian visitors that call it home. He will also introduce us the KWEC, an often overlooked but excellent resource for natural history education.
We will be hosting our speaker for dinner at Bo Lings on the plaza prior to the meeting at 5pm
Hope to see you there!!
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Wed09Sep20157:00 ambehind the McDonald's on 58 Hwy
Trip leader, Sherry Leonardo, will guide us to Settle's Ford and Amarugia Highlands, two under-birded conservation areas just south of Harrisonville, MO. Meet at 7:00 a.m. behind the McDonald's on 58 Hwy, just west of I-49/US 71. Bring water, snacks and insect repellent. For more information, contact Sherry at 816-718-5888 or home172@aol.com.
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Sat12Sep20157:00 amat the Price Chopper on 119th & Metcalf
Join Mark Land as we look for year-round residents, such as Pileated Woodpecker, and fall migrants in the woods and wetlands around the area's several pools. In addition, we'll stop at La Cygne Lake (Linn County Park), a man-made, warm water lake which is made so by its role as water source for the nearby power plant. We'll also drive through the (strip) mined land area south of the power plant to look for open grassland species. Plan to bring lunch and/or snacks for this all day trip. Meet at 7:00 a.m. at the Price Chopper on the northwest corner of 119th Street and Metcalf in Overland Park for carpooling. This trip will have minimal walking and is mainly an auto tour. Please call or email Mark for more information at 913-381-4324 and markeland@kc.rr.com.
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Sat12Sep20159:00 am-2:00 pmBackyard Bird Center, 6212 NW Barry Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64154
Backyard Bird Center Google Map
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Wed16Sep20154:00 - 5:00 pmBurroughs Nature Center & Bird Sanctuary
Learn about the amazing diversity of the largest class of creatures in the animal kingdom, and why we need them as much as they need us! Bonnie will discuss identification, life cycles and more. Call 816-795-8177 for more information. Burroughs Nature Center & Bird Sanctuary Google Map
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Sat19Sep2015
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Sat26Sep20151:00, 2:00, 3:00, & 4:00 PMBurroughs Nature Center & Bird Sanctuary
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Wed30Sep20159:00 AM to 11:00 AMBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Tue06Oct2015
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Wed14Oct20154:00 - 5:00 pmBurroughs Nature Center & Bird Sanctuary
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Sat17Oct20151:00, 2:00, 3:00, & 4:00 PMBurroughs Nature Center & Bird Sanctuary
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Sat17Oct2015
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Wed21Oct20159:00 AM to 11:00 AMBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Thu22Oct20154:00 - 5:00 pmBurroughs Nature Center & Bird Sanctuary
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Sat24Oct2015Sun25Oct2015
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Wed28Oct20159:00 AM to 11:00 AMBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat31Oct201510:00 AM to 1:00 PMBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Wed04Nov20159:00 AM to 11:00 AMBurroughs Nature Center & Bird Sanctuary
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Fri06Nov20154:00 PM to 5:00 PMBurroughs Nature Center & Bird Sanctuary
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Thu12Nov20159:00 AM to 11:00 AMBurroughs Nature Center & Bird Sanctuary
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Sat14Nov2015
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Sat14Nov20159:00 AM to 11:00 AMBurroughs Nature Center & Bird Sanctuary
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Sat28Nov2015
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Wed02Dec2015
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Sat05Dec201510:00 AM to 1:00 PMBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat12Dec2015
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Fri18Dec2015Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Contact Mark Robbins to join! (mrobbins@ku.edu)
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Sat19Dec2015
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Sat19Dec2015Trimble, MO (Smithville Lake)
Contact Kristi Mayo to join! (writebirds@gmail.com)
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Sat26Dec2015
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Wed30Dec2015Burroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
Contact Mike Stoakes to join! (mstoakes@juno.com)
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Sat06Feb201610:00 AM to 1:00 PMBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sun14Feb2016
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Tue01Mar2016
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Sat05Mar201610:00 AM to 1:00 PMBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat12Mar2016
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Thu17Mar201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat19Mar201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat09Apr2016
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Sun10Apr20168:00 amBaker Wetlands Discovery Center - Lawrence, KS
Field trip with Baker University ornithologist, Scott Kimball. Click here for more details.
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Wed13Apr20164:00 pmBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Fri15Apr20164:00 pmBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat16Apr20169:00 AM to 2:00 PMBackyard Bird Center ~ Kansas City MO
Click on "Conservation - Native Plants" for more information.
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Thu21Apr201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat23Apr201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sun24Apr20166:00 amGreat Mall of The Great Plains parking lot
Field trip with Matt Gearheart and Pat St. John. Click here for more info.
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Tue26Apr2016
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Wed27Apr20167:00 amNW Platte Brooke Dr. cul-de-sac
Field trip with Lisa Owens. Click here more info and directions.
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Tue03May20166:45 pmThe Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
The Peregrine Falcon and Its Resurgence in Missouri by Joe DeBold. See full description on our General Meetings page.
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Wed11May20164:00 pmBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Fri13May20164:00 pmBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Fri13May20169:00 AM to 4:00 PMWeston Bend State Park's Bee Creek Shelter
Click on "Conservation - Native Plants" for more information
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Sat14May2016
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Thu19May201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat21May201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Wed08Jun20164:00 pmBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Wed15Jun2016
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Thu16Jun201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Fri17Jun2016
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Sat18Jun201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat18Jun2016
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Sat25Jun20161:00 - 4:00pmLoose Park outside of the garden center officeCome see the newly planted Monarch Demo Garden Learn about the monarch butterfly and what you can do to help. The monarch demo garden is a joint partnership between Burroughs Audubon, the Westport Garden Club, Powell Gardens, KCMO Parks and Recreation and GrowNative!
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Wed06Jul20164:00 pmBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Fri08Jul20164:00 pmBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Thu14Jul201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat16Jul201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat20Aug20167:30 amPrairie Center parking area at Santa Fe (135th St.) and Cedar Niles Rd.
Click on Field Trips for more information.
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Fri26Aug2016Sun28Aug2016
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Sat03Sep20167:30 amparking lot closest to Weston Bluffs Trail (near the MO River)
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Tue06Sep20166:45 pmAnita B. Gorman Discovery Center
From the western prairies, north to the gentle rolling hills of Missouri’s farmlands, south to the wild and beautiful Ozark hills and bottomland delta of the Missouri bootheel, Missouri is home to a diverse array of habitats, and thus, diverse birds. Mike Doyen and Evan Hill will present the new “Great Missouri Birding Trail.”
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Wed07Sep20163:00 pmBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Fri09Sep201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat10Sep20169:00am-2:00pmBackyard Bird Center, I-29 and Barry Road, KC North
Fall is a great time to add native plants, trees and shrubs to your yard. The warm soil and cooling day temperatures allow the plants to spend their energy on root growth, for a stronger plant come spring. Sale is from 9am-2pm at Backyard Bird Center, 6212 NW Barry Road, Kansas City, MO. Please call Missouri Wildflower Nursery with pre-orders before September 6 at 573-496-3492 or email: mowldflrs@socket.net.
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Thu15Sep20163:00 pmBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat17Sep201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Tue04Oct20166:45 pmAnita Gorman Discovery Center
Tuesday, October 4 at 6:45pm at the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center auditorium. Kansas City Wildlands with support from Burroughs Audubon and The Westport Garden Club through Garden Club of America have sponsored several botany studies at KC Wildlands site, Jerry Smith Park. Jerry Smith Park is the only known, unplowed prairie left in Jackson County and is maintained by Kansas City Wildlands and KCMO Parks and Rec. Justin Thomas and his team have surveyed this last remnant for an inventory of plant species.
The prairie once covered vast areas of North America and is now one of the least preserved, most endangered ecosystems. Justin Thomas has over 17 years of botanical field work divided between The Nature Conservancy, Missouri Department of Conservation, the National Park Service, Dunn-Palmer Herbarium, William Sherman Turrell Herbarium, and the Missouri Botanical Garden. Learn about the prairie plant community in Missouri and what we have preserved in Kansas City.
Also of interest, Mike Arduser will be presenting the results of his bee survey of Jerry Smith Park and Rocky Point Glad on Tuesday, November 1 at 6:45pm at the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center.
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Wed05Oct20163:00 pmBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Fri07Oct20163:00 pmBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat08Oct20168am-1pmmeet at the Litton Center at 8am
Join us as we bird Smithville Lake at the beginning of waterfowl migration. We will be looking for gulls, ducks, grebes, loons and other migrants. Juncos should be just arriving along with our native sparrows. Meet at the Litton Center parking lot at 8am. Bring a radio and a scope if you have them. We should finish up around noon -1pm. Leaders for the trip are Mark McKellar and Mary Nemecek. Questions please call Mary at 816-210-5148
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Thu13Oct201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat15Oct201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat22Oct20166:30 amFor carpooling, meet at Wendy's at Woodland Dr and K-10 in Lenexa
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Wed02Nov201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Fri04Nov201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat05Nov201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Thu10Nov201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat12Nov201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Tue15Nov20166:45 pmAnita B. Gorman Discovery Center
Who has more species of native bees on their urban, remnant habitat- Kansas City or St. Louis?
Come find out on November 15 at 6:45pm at the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center auditorium. Kansas City Wildlands with support from Burroughs Audubon and The Westport Garden Club through Garden Club of America have enlisted renowned bee expert, Mike Arduser, to survey bee species, populations and prefered plants on wildlands sites in the Kansas City. MO Parks district. Jerry Smith Park, a 40+ acre, never plowed prairie, and Rocky Point, a preserved and restored limestone glade in Swope Park, are the sites for the bee surveys. Midway through the season, Kansas City comes in with an astonishing 75 bee species! including some very specialized bees that are found only on these undisturbed sites.
The same surveys are going on in St. Louis and we are anxious for the KC wildland sites to come out on top with the most number of bee species supported. Data from these surveys will not only give us a baseline for management of these ecologically significant locations, but also determine best plant species to be included in future restoration areas.
Come for the unveiling of the results- how many bee species, which bee specialists we have in the KC area and what plants the bees prefer.
Also of interest, Justin Thomas from the Institute of Botanical Training will be presenting the results of his botany survey of Jerry Smith Park on Tuesday, October 4th at 6:45pm at the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center. -
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Sat03Dec201610:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Wed04Jan2017Thu05Jan2017
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Sat07Jan201710:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Tue17Jan20176:45 pmAnita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
“A Decade of Photographing Missouri Wildlife” by Danny Brown. Please note that January through March's meetings will be on the THIRD TUESDAY of the month.
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Wed18Jan2017Thu19Jan2017
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Wed01Feb2017Thu02Feb2017
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Sat04Feb201710:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Wed15Feb2017Thu16Feb2017
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Tue21Feb20176:45 pmAnita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
“Bottomland Forests and Shirling Sanctuary” By Linda Lehrbaum. Please note that January through March's meetings will be on the THIRD TUESDAY of the month.
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Wed01Mar2017Thu02Mar2017
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Sat04Mar201710:00 amBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Fri10Mar201710:00 AM - NoonBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Wed15Mar201710:00 AM - NoonBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Wed15Mar2017Thu16Mar2017
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Sat18Mar201710:00 AM - NoonBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Tue21Mar20176:45 pmAnita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
“Whooping Cranes in Texas” by Dick Dawson. Please note that January through March's meetings will be on the THIRD TUESDAY of the month.
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Thu23Mar201710:00 AM - NoonBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Wed29Mar2017Thu30Mar2017
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Sat08Apr20175:30 pmGarozzo's Ristorante, Lee's Summit
We're excited to announce that naturalist, author and birder, Scott Weidensaul is confirmed as our guest speaker! He will talk about Project SNOWstorm, a Snowy Owl research project that he co-founded with Maryland Department of Natural Resources biologist David F. Brinker. Registration details and more info here
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Thu20Apr201710:00 AM - NoonBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat22Apr201710:00 AM - NoonBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Wed26Apr201710:00 AM - NoonBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Fri28Apr201710:00 AM - NoonBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Tue02May20176:45 pmAnita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
Vote With Your Fork: Help Save Missouri’s Birds By What You Eat. Come hear Dana Ripper, Director of Missouri River Bird Observatory (MRBO), explain how large-scale industrial agriculture is the biggest threat to our birds and other wildlife. In addition, Burroughs members will vote on a slate of candidates for the 2017-18 Board of Directors.
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Thu04May201710:00 AM - NoonBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Sat06May201710:00 AM - NoonBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Wed10May201710:00 AM - NoonBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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Fri12May201710:00 AM - NoonBurroughs Audubon Nature Center and Bird Sanctuary
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