Girl Scout Gold Award Benefits Birds

December 27, 2015October 31, 2015 by Mary Nemecek

Installed as part of Lannea's Girl Scout Gold award project, this box provides nesting habitat for Screech Owls, Kestrels and Northern Flickers.

In a time when most teenagers are more concerned with being near a power outlet than a lake inlet, Lannea Allen is an inspiring exception with her passion for nature. … Read more

Record Duck Numbers This Fall

October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 by Mary Nemecek

Each fall, with blazing colors coating the trees, waterfowl are beckoned back to Missouri, Kansas and southward. Often listed as favorites for their colorful plumage and sometimes canny behavior, ducks … Read more

Burroughs Audubon and Partners Receive NFWF Grant

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 by Mary Nemecek

Kansas City Metropolitan Area Monarch Butterfly Conservation: A Multi-Sector Partnership Burroughs Audubon and a consortium of partners are pleased to announce a major grant award of $229,868 from the National … Read more

Monarch Migration

April 19, 2016September 26, 2015 by Mary Nemecek

The only long distance, migratory butterfly in the world is the monarch butterfly of North America. Starting in the northern reach of their range, the monarch begins migration in Canada … Read more

Burroughs Audubon Helps Save Native Grassland

December 27, 2015September 13, 2015 by Mary Nemecek

Snowball Hill Prairie Native, remnant prairie is the least conserved, most endangered ecosystem on the planet. We have less than 1% left of the vast grassland that covered a large … Read more