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Fall 2018 Convention
The fall meeting
of the Arkansas Audubon Society will be held October 5-7, 2018
in Texarkana. Watch this space for details as they become
available.
General Information
You can also find other information about the Arkansas Audubon
Society including our Mission and our By-Laws,
as well as the Society
Trust, and
Arkansas Birds, our quarterly newsletter that all AAS
members receive.
Would you like a scholarship to attend a nature camp
or a grant to perform bird related research?
Click on this link for more information.
Send us information on your rare bird discoveries!
Use our
e-mail connection for submitting your records of rare or
out-of-season bird observations to the AAS Curator.
Checklists of the Birds of Arkansas
2015 AAS Checklist of
the birds of Arkansas is available for downloading. This is a
five page download. This valuable resource provides a listing of
all the species of birds that occur in Arkansas with detail
codes on distribution, abundance, and dates of occurrence for
each.
Species added to the checklist since the 2009
publication can be found
here .
If
you would like 15 copies or more of the new 2015 checklist,
email us
at arbirds0 at gmail.com. Single copies are available at AAS
conventions.
Documentation Supporting Listing in the AAS Field List
This PDF document provides the type of
supporting documentation for the listing of each species in
the Arkansas Audubon
Society Field List.
For a list of new
species added to the AAS Field List since 1986
click here
.
Each
species page contains a photo and a summary.
Help With Bird Identification
If you have difficulty identifying Arkansas birds check out the
helpful identification sheets at
ASCABird .
Member Address Changes
If you move or have an address change, please notify the AAS
Treasurer
(wmlynch
at cablelynx.com)
to insure that you continue to receive the AAS newsletter
regularly.
Butterflies of Arkansas
A 2014 updated checklist of the
butterflies of Arkansas, created by Herschel Raney, is
available
here .
Downloadable Brochures!
We also have a printable brochure about the Arkansas
Audubon Society that you can download and print on your
computer.
Click Here to
download our brochure (595k). Please understand these
files can be quite large and may take several minutes to
download on a slow connection.
Contact US* If using a web based email like
gmail, yahoo, etc., convert the following to standard email format
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Welcome to the online home
of the Arkansas Audubon Society. Join Us on
Facebook!
We hope you will find our website informative and useful. As you
look through our site you'll find information about
becoming a member of the Arkansas Audubon Society and a
convenient online form you can use to start that process.
You can now pay your membership with a
credit card.
If you would like to further support the
activities of the Arkansas Audubon Society, you may
securely make a donation using your credit card or PayPal account by
clicking the donate button or the alternate text "The safer, easier
way to pay online" below. AAS is a tax exempt organization.
Black-Headed Grosbeak
This male Black-headed Grosbeak was discovered and photographed by
Jody Brannam at a feeder in Hector, AR on April 16, 2018. This
particular Grosbeak is a western species seldom seen in Arkansas.
GRAY-HEADED JUNCO
Photo by Michael Linz
This bird was found by
Karen Garrett at Hobbs
State Park Visitor center on Feb. 28, 2018. It is the 2nd record for
this species in Arkansas. The first record was from Little Rock in
1963. This subspecies breeds in the southern Rocky Mountains from
Colorado to Arizona and New Mexico, and winters in northern Mexico.
Halberg Ecology Camp
Kids and parents, be sure to check out our
Halberg Ecology Camp page where you'll find details on how
kids can enjoy a summer camp where they can have fun and experience
a unique learning opportunity.
Halberg Ecology Camp
Students experience nature, hands-on, at the Halberg Ecology Camp.
The first camp session will be June 10-15, 2018. The second session
will be June 17-22. Additional details are available on the
Halberg Ecology Camp
webpage.
If you would like to help support the Halberg Ecology
Camp, send your check to Treasurer, Ecology Camp, 804 Konrad Court,
Little Rock, AR 72223-9201. Donations are tax exempt.
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