Meetings & Program Schedule
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Meetings
start at
7:00
P.M. - Room 102, Yates Hall, (across from the North end of football
stadium) at 1702 S.
Joplin St., Pittsburg, KS.
Click here
for a Google map. |
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Thursday September 28, 2023 |
"
Safer Passage for Migrating Birds", by Krystal Anton of Johnson
County Community College - Can windows and birds peacefully coexist? Bright lights and reflective windows create hazards for migrating birds, but there are simple, inexpensive solutions for homes and commercial properties. |
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October 26, 2023 |
"A
Year of Birds, by Photographer and Master Naturalist, Bob Estes, from
El Dorado Springs, Missouri--is a dedicated bird photographer. He is in
the field with his camera most every morning at sunrise. This program
documents birds he has encountered throughout the year. |
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November 2023 |
Due to conflict with Thanksgiving and Christmas, the November and December meetings have been combined, and held on December 7, 2023. |
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December 7, 2023 |
"Wildfires in the Modern Age", by Meagan Duffee-Yates, Private Land Conservationist II at Missouri Department of Conservation. She has worked on various western fire crews fighting wildfires in western states and close to home in Missouri, fires are an important tool for wildlife and ecosystem management and understanding wildfire behavior and mitigation is important in this modern day of age. |
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January 25, 2024 |
"Supporting
Aquatic Ecosystems", by Kyle Steinert, Assistant Manager of the
Farlington Fish Hatchery and Kansas Aquatic Biodiversity Center. Freshwater mussels and plains minnows were once abundant in Kansas, but both are now threatened. Find out how the fish hatchery is contributing to conservation efforts. |
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February 29, 2024 |
"Prothonotary
Warblers - the Swamp Candles in Kansas", by Ann Tanner a pharmacist by
training but a naturalist at heart. She is originally from
Mississippi, but she has lived in Kansas for many years. Ann is a
Certified Master Naturalist and serves on the Board of Directors for
the Burroughs Audubon Society of Greater Kansas City, is on the Board
of Trustees for Audubon of Kansas, and serves on the Board of Directors
for Delta Wind Birds in Mississippi. Please join us for this presentation providing an overview of Prothonotary Warblers from a scientific and personal perspective. The declining population of the birds, range and migration paths, and current work by Johnson County Master Naturalists and citizen scientists in eastern Kansas to install nesting boxes in Prothonotary Warbler habitat will be described. The presentation will be loaded with photos and personal stories of interactions with these beautiful birds. Ann will also describe plans to band and place nanotags and/or barometric pressure geolocators on Prothonotary Warblers in 2024 to track their migratory travels. For a postable flier click => here |
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March 28, 2024 |
Sally
Imhof of Mulberry, KS, and her sub permittees, Jessi Lesch-Thummel, Ivy
Gatton, and Leann Moore, have been rescuing and releasing orphaned and
wounded birds and mammals for more than thirty years. Her presentation,
"Adventures in Wildlife Rehabilitation", will highlight some of their
successes and challenges. |
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Thursday April 25, 2024 |
In 1992 they added a 6-acre wetland in partnership with and help from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. It was designated as Kansas Wetland #1 in the USDA Wetland Reserve Program. That wetland was the major catalyst for their projects including the restoration of 10 acres of tall grass prairie on land that had failed as a “wheat field” but is now home to more than 200 native species. A slide show of photos taken during the process will be shown. |
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May 30, 2024 |
Foraging Edible Backyard Plants",
by Jesse Gilmore from K-State Wildcat Extension office, will talk at the Sperry-Galligar
Audubon Picnic |
| Summer Hiatus | SGAS will not hold regular meetings in the months of June, July & August. |
