Welcome
UPCOMING EVENTS:
See Prairie Falcon newsletter for more information on these events.
The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation held its Community Foundation Awards (CFA's) and congratulations go out to Jim Koelliker for winning the Distinguished Volunteer CFA for 2018!
The Sternberg Museum Science Camps is operating a field wildlife biology program for high school students this summer in the Ecuadorian Andes. This program is being led by ornithologist/ecologist Dr. Megan Jones Patterson of the NEON organization. I have included a link to the program webpage below. Our remaining two application review deadlines are April 20th and May 14th.
http://sternberg.fhsu.edu/active-learning/camps/high-school/ecuador-wildlife-biology/
They are also running wildlife-focused camps for middle school students this summer, starting in Kansas and traveling to Colorado and Utah.
Apr 1 - Board Meeting - (yes, on April Fool’s Day) 6 p.m. Friend’s Room, Manhattan Public Library
April 13 - Sat. Morning Birding - 8 a.m. Sojourner Truth Park Butterfly & Garden Cleanup at 2:00 p.m.
April 27-28 - Birdathon
May 3-4, 2019 Wings and Wetlands Festival - Registration is now open. The marshes of Cheyenne Bottoms and Quivira are full, so conditions should be great for one of the best times and locations for seeing Kansas shorebirds and waterfowl.
https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/volunteer-and-attend-events/find-local-events-and-opportunities/wings-and-wetlands-festival/?vu=r.v_wingsandwetlands
May 5 - Alsop planning meeting
May 10-12 - Kansas Ornithological SocietyKOS Spring Meeting, Fort Scott For more information go to http://www.ksbirds.org/
May 11 - Spring Migratory Bird Count Day
FYI: Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Impairment Complaint
Demand for water in the Rattlesnake Creek Drainage Basin often exceeds the supply. A solution to this problem that is acceptable to all the users has been hard to find. The Kansas Department of Agriculture -
Division of Water Resources website
(https://agriculture.ks.gov/divisions-programs/dwr/water-appropriation/impairment-complaints/quivira-national-wildlife-refuge) shows quite a bit of information about the work being done to craft a
solution.
Birding Big Life - Follow Austin Roe on his Birding adventures
audubonofkansas.org - AOK website
Kansas Ornithological Society
2018 Birdathon
Last Dance (lesser Prairie Chicken)
Manhattan CBC Report 2016
Newsletter & Website admin - Cindy Jeffrey, cinraney@k-state.edu
