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Spring Meeting of the AAS

The 2015 Spring Convention of the Arkansas Audubon Society (AAS) will be May 1-3, 2015 at the Ft. Smith Holiday Inn City Center.  Details of the field trips, program and registration forms can be downloaded HERE . A flyer describing the hotel and how to register can be accessed HERE .

Common Merganser (male) - Photo by Kenny Nations.

Very Rare winter visitor. Three birds have been at Magness Lake since Dec. 20. See a good comparison of male and female plumage .

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.

This bird was banded Dec. 6, 2014 at the Ozark Natural Science Center in Madison County. This species is secretive and may be more abundant than indicated by sight reports.  Click here for an enlarged view  

 
Checklists of the Birds of Arkansas
The 2009 AAS Field 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 . 

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.

Member Address Changes
If you move or have an address change, please notify the AAS Treasurer (twbutler1941 at gmail.com) to insure that you continue to receive the AAS newsletter regularly.