The Greater Kansas City Chapter of the National Audubon Society
"Water Wars for Wild Wetlands" - Presented by Jackie Augustine, Executive Director of Audubon of Kansas (AOK). Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and Quivira National Wildlife Refuge form an immense wetland complex in west-central Kansas, designated as internationally important bird habitat. The area abounds with ducks, shorebirds, and cranes during migration and hosts several endangered and ... Read more
Bryophytes--An Ancient Conversation in Miniature - The secrets, astonishing success, and ecological impact of mosses and their allies.
Registration is now open for the 2025 Fall Meeting of the Missouri Birding Society in Springfield, Missouri on the weekend of September 19-21, 2025. The weekend will begin with a welcome social on Friday night, featuring a presentation on Fall Sparrow identification by Kendell Loyd of the Missouri Bird Records Committee. He will share tips ... Read more
Bryophytes--An Ancient Conversation in Miniature - The secrets, astonishing success, and ecological impact of mosses and their allies.
The 2025 Kansas Ornithological Society fall Meeting is September 26-28. For more information and how to register, click the following link: KOS Fall Meeting
Join us for a fall birding walk at Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area in Blue Springs, MO. We will meet in front of the nature center at 8 AM, and walk the paved trails for about 2–2.5 hours, keeping an eye out for migrating songbirds, woodpeckers, raptors, and year-round residents. This trip is open to ... Read more
Join us as we explore the Maple Woods Natural Area, known for its mature maple and oak forest, which is recognized by the National Park Service as a significant Natural Area. We'll look for resident and migratory forest birds. Please bring binoculars and appropriate shoes for walking on dirt trails. We'll meet at the parking ... Read more
Join us for one of fall’s most memorable spectacles: the migration of Franklin’s Gulls. We’ll begin at Clinton Lake Dam right at sunrise (7:28 AM) to catch the early flight activity, then make our way around to Bloomington. If time and interest allow, we’ll continue on to Perry Lake for more birding. Schedule: Gather at ... Read more
Join us as we visit this restored prairie and city park to conduct a migratory bird census. We will walk the trails in search of migrating Vireos, Flycatchers, Warblers, Thrushes and whatever else is there. This census assists KC Wildlands and their ongoing mission toward land stewardship around the Kansas City Metro region. Counting birds ... Read more
"What's Up With Those Limpkins? The Great Limpkin Vagrancy Event" Presented by Marky Mutchler, University of Chicago and The Field Museum, Chicago, IL and Mary Nemecek, Missouri Rare Bird Record Committee and Past President of BAS. Limpkins are large wading birds, primarily considered non-migratory. For over a century they've been limited in the US to ... Read more