The Greater Kansas City Chapter of the National Audubon Society
Join Burroughs Audubon and Thomas Hart Benton Group of Sierra Club for a Sunday afternoon Monarch tagging and release event at Burroughs' Esther O'Connor Wildflower Prairie near Lake Jacomo! We will provide tags, nets, and demonstrate how to safely capture and tag Monarchs as they migrate through their area. The butterflies that we capture and ... Read more
Friday, October 9 @ 8:00 am. We'll walk the paths of this Louisburg, KS city park looking for straggling warblers and summer species, but perhaps some early winter birds, too! Meet at the disc golf course parking lot, west of the bathroom building, at 8:00 a.m. All ages and levels of birding experience are welcome. ... Read more
Observe the fall World Migratory Bird Day at Little Bean Marsh Conservation Area. Despite the lake, marsh, sloughs, and wetland being dry for many years now, there are still migrants and woodland species to be seen and heard. Group will meet at the main parking lot (39.4972049, -95.0212512) to access the paved walking trail. The ... Read more
Monday, October 12 @ 7:30 am. Clinton Lake. Meet at the Corp of Engineers office at 7:30 a.m. We'll proceed to the dam where we hope to witness the Franklin's Gull migration in full swing. We'll then proceed to Bloomington Park and Clinton State Park as time allows. Though expecting to end by Noon, this ... Read more
The City of Liberty is working toward its Bird City Missouri designation. Stocksdale Park is a brand new eBird hotspot! Come out and lend a hand observing the fall migrants and residents of this "new" spot. Meet in the circular parking area near the horseshoe pits. The walk includes hard and natural surface trails as ... Read more
"Audubon Conservation Ranching in Missouri" - Virtual event (Zoom) presented by Tara Hohman, Senior Conservation Science Manager with the Audubon Upper Mississippi River team. Grassland birds have suffered an unparalleled decline over the past half-century. These declines are tied to many causes, but the loss and degradation of grassland habitats stand out as driving forces. ... Read more
Wednesday, October 21 @ 8:00 am - 10:30 am. This is the 16th annual fall census for KC WildLands. Meet in trailhead parking lot at 8:00 a.m. We'll look for fall migrants such as sparrows, Marsh and Sedge Wrens, vireos, kinglets and raptors. Bring water, snacks and insect repellent and wear sturdy shoes. Please contact ... Read more
Join us for a multi-day central Kansas wetland birding trip! We plan to bird some of our favorite areas in two of Kansas' best wetlands: Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and Quivira National Wildlife Refuge. As migrant numbers begin to decrease, we still anticipate several species of owls, shorebirds, waders, gulls, cranes, and wetland sparrows and ... Read more
Burroughs is hosting a field trip to Montrose Conservation Area, south of Urich, MO on this Halloween Saturday. Montrose is 2,700 acres of woodlands and fields around Montrose Lake, a man-made lake built to provide cooling water for the now retired coal-fired power plant which once occupied the site. We'll search for returning waterfowl, early ... Read more
Join Topeka Audubon Society and Burroughs Audubon Society for a joint field trip to Hillsdale Reservoir on Saturday, November 21. We will bird at various spots around the lake looking for waterfowl, sparrows, raptors, and other cold weather visitors. If interested, meet at the Hillsdale State Park office building at 8:30 a.m. Please contact Logan ... Read more