Kentucky Ornithological Society

Meetings, Field Trips,
and Bird Counts
 
Meetings | Field Trips | Christmas Bird Counts | Bird Counts


KOS Spring Meeting
25-27 April 2008

KOS SPRING MEETING - Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, 25 - 27 April 2008.
Rooms are reserved for KOS until 26 March 2008 (Ph.: 800-325-0063). For more details,
check this flyer at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/2008_spring_meeting.pdf.


Future meetings:

Fall 2008. Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park, 26-28 September 2008

Spring 2009. Mammoth Cave National Park, 24-26 April 2009.

Fall 2009. Lake Barkley State Resort Park, 25-27 September 2009.

Spring 2010. Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, 23-25 April 2010.


The Fall 2004 KOS meeting was held from September 17 - 19, 2004 at
Pine Mountain State Resort Park. Kathy Caminiti put together some photos taken during this meeting,
and they are posted (as a pdf file) at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/fallmeeting2004.pdf.
Thanks, Kathy!


Reports on previous KOS meetings:

Spring 2004 - Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park
Fall 2002 - Natural Bridge State Resort Park
Fall 2001 - Kenlake State Resort Park
Fall 2000 - Barren River Lake State Resort Park
Spring 2000 - Henderson, Kentucky
Fall 1999 - Lake Cumberland State Resort Park
Spring 1999 - Jenny Wiley State Resort Park
Fall 1998 - Kentucky Dam Village


Field Trips:

PLEASE NOTE: Field trips are subject to change or cancellation due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances. So, be sure to check this site for updates as the date of each trip approaches. You can also contact trip leaders for current information. Appreciation is expressed to all trip leaders.

December 2, 2007. Peabody Wildlife Management Area, Ohio and Muhlenberg counties for waterfowl, raptors, and Short-eared Owls. Leader: Ben Yandell (Ph. 502-594-3819; email: by@insightbb.com).


Christmas Bird Counts

If you'd like more information about these counts, check out the KOS Midwinter Bird Count Page.


Tentative dates (confirmed dates in bold):
(To have your count listed here, please send relevant information to Gary Ritchison; email gary.ritchison@eku.edu)

Date Count Contact person
December 15, 2007 Land Between the Lakes Aviva Yasgur (Ph. 270-924-2033; email: vivyasgur76@yahoo.com)
December 15, 2007 Natural Bridge State Park Noelle (Parks) Theres (email: noelle.grunwald@ky.gov)
December 15, 2007 Danville Neil and Ginny Eklund (Ph. 859-236-8807; email: nveklund@adelphia.net)
December 15, 2007 Frankfort Peggy Gould (Ph. 520-226-6116; email: peggyg827@aol.com)
December 15, 2007 Warsaw Lee McNeely (Ph. 859-586-7520; email: lkmc9@aim.com)
December 15, 2007 Lexington Betty Maxon and Dave Svetic (Ph. 859-533-5683)
December 15, 2007 Richmond Gary Ritchison (gary.ritchison@eku.edu)
December 16, 2007 Louisville Pat Bell (beckhambc@aol.com)
December 17, 2007 Olmstead Frank Lyne (frank@lyneart.com)
December 17, 2007 Ballard County Brainard Palmer-Ball, Jr. (brainard.palmer-ball@ky.gov)
December 20, 2007 Otter Creek Park Pat Bell (beckhambc@aol.com) or Brainard Palmer-Ball, Jr. (brainard.palmer-ball@ky.gov)
December 20, 2007 Hart County Steve Kistler (Ph. 270-524-1095; kistlers@scrtc.com)
December 21, 2007 Abe Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, Larue County Sandy Brue (sbrue@alltel.net)
December 22, 2007 Bernheim Forest Brainard Palmer-Ball, Jr. (brainard.palmer-ball@ky.gov)
December 28, 2007 Ashland/Boyd County Ron Canterbury (Ph. 513-556-9570; email: roncanterbury@aol. com)
December 29, 2007 Kleber Wildlife Management Area Peggy Gould (Ph. 520-226-6116; email peggyg827@aol.com)
December 29, 2007 Daviess County East Mike Henshaw (mhenshaw@vci.net)
December 29, 2007 Dewey Lake Troy Evans (chillyweather@hotmail.com)
December 29, 2007 Somerset Roseanna Denton (roseanna@newwavecomm.net)
December 29, 2007 Burlington Lee McNeely (Ph. 859-586-7520; email: lkmc9@aim.com)
December 30, 2007 Paradise Brainard Palmer-Ball, Jr. (brainard.palmer-ball@ky.gov)
December 30, 2007 Mermet, IL/KY Frank Bennett (Ph. 618-524-4848; email: fkbennett@email.com)
January 1, 2008 Daviess County West Janet Howard (Ph. 270-926-3795; email: janbbq@aol.com)
January 1, 2008 Falmouth Lee McNeely (Ph. 859-586-7520; email: lkmc9@aim.com)
January 3, 2008 Wayne County Roseanna Denton (roseanna@newwavecomm.net)
January 4, 2008 Calloway County Hap Chambers (hapc1@aol.com)

 


Bird Counts:
(Click on the logos for additional information)

International 
Shorebird Survey
ISS Homepage

Guidelines & Request for Help

ISS Form (pdf format)

 


 

Birds in Forested Landscapes


North American Migration Counts are organized by county and are held on the second Saturday in May each spring throughout the nation. Lee McNeely is the state coordinator for Kentucky counts. Similar counts are held each fall on the third Saturday of September. Click here for additional information concerning North American Migration Counts in Kentucky. For additional information about NAMCs, check out:

Georgia Ornithological Society

Audubon


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