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Arkansas Audubon Society (AAS) Fall 2009 Convention

Mark your calendars . . . the Fall 2009 Convention of the AAS will be held September 25-27 at the Hampton Inn in Forrest City..

Watch this space for details of the meeting as they are developed.

Adult Natural History Workshops - 2009

The workshops will be held Oct. 3-4 at Camp Ferncliff at Ferndale, Arkansas. There will be separate workshops on edible trees and plants, birding basics, and tree identification. For details click here. To download the registration form click here.

Online Bird Record Submissions!
Use our on-line form for submitting your records of rare or out-of-season bird observations to the AAS Curator.

Checklists of the Birds of Arkansas
The 2005 AAS Field Checklist of the birds of Arkansas is now 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. This is a large file (1.5 mb) and will take some time to download on a dial-up connection. You will need the free pdf reader program Adobe Acrobat installed to view and print the checklist.

Click here to download the checklist.

Arkansas Field List
The 2005 bird Field List of Arkansas Audubon Society, the Fiftieth Anniversary edition, is now available. A copy may be obtained for $0.50 plus a large, self - addressed, stamped envelope. (Two copies would require two stamps). Quantity prices are available.
USPS address:
Helen Parker
14300 Chenal Pkwy # 7473
Little Rock AR 72211

Documentation Supporting Listing in the AAS Field List
This PDF document provides supporting documentation for the listing of each species in the Arkansas Audubon Society Field List. Documentation includes photographs, specimens, recordings, or written documentation that has been accepted by the Bird Records Committee. Click here to download .

Butterflies of Arkansas
A new 2004 checklist of the butterflies of Arkansas, created by Herschel Raney, is available HERE (Revised 2004. PDF file - 268k).

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

Welcome to the online home
of the Arkansas Audubon Society!

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.

Lark Bunting discovered by Jody Pattie Clark in Boone County, 6/4/2009. Photo by Sally Jo Gibson. Third state record.

Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Record Accepted
After reviewing evidence of the ivory-billed woodpecker gathered in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in April 2004, the Bird Records Committee of the Arkansas Audubon Society has voted to change the status of the bird in Arkansas from "extirpated" to "present". [More...]

Big Woods Birding Opportunities
Click here to visit the US Fish & Wildlife website with more information on Big Woods Birding Opportunities and the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.

Bird Records
We also have a form you can use to contact the Arkansas Bird Records Committee with any sightings you have made. You can see a list of unusual bird sightings for the last quarter or do a search of all rare bird observations for the period 1986-2008.

Need help in identifying birds? Click here to download bird ID help sheets.

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 even excerpts from Arkansas Birds, our Quarterly Newsletter that all AAS members receive.

Would you like a scholarship to attend a nature camp or to perform bird related research? Click on this link for more information.

The photographs you see on the masthead were taken by AAS members Charles Mills, Robert Herron, Joe Neal, Kenny Nichols, Sally Jo Gibson, Rick Farrar and Lyndal York. To view additional photographs by AAS members click on this link.

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 2009 Camp dates are June 14th - 19th for first session and June 21th - 26th for the second session. Now you can download an Application Form for the 2008 Halberg Ecology Camp! [Click Here For More]

Downloadable Brochures!
We also have a printable brochure about the Arkansas Audubon Society that you can download and print on your computer. You will need the free reader program, Adobe Acrobat. If you already have that program 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.