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Birdist Rule #74: Watch Some Movies About Birding “Stuck Indoors for the Holidays? Scrutinize These Birding Movies Instead of Real-Life Field Marks.” Happy Holidays! Vol. 6, No. 3. The Internet Site for Environmental Information in Oklahoma December 2017 - January 2018 From the Audubon Society, read the whole article at this URL: http://www.audubon.org/news/birdist-rule-74-watch-some-movies-about-birding Birdist Rule #74: Watch Some Movies About Birding “Stuck indoors for the holidays? Scrutinize these birding movies instead of real-life field marks.” According to the article, this is a great romp, with, as you can see, a stellar cast, but be- ware, the ornithology is not always accurate. This movie is based on Mark Obmascik’s book of the same name, with the tag line, A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession and There are 8 more movies listed in the article. Unlike The Big Year, this film is celebrated for its accuracy. You will see a Black-throated Green and Canadian Warblers. This is a com- ing-of-age film which is sweet and low key. Just the kind of antidote you may need from all the We, at the EnvironMentor, will hunt for the other 73 Birdist Rules and In this issue ... Quiz!! Quiz!! Quiz!! Birdist Rule #74 Cover Who…who…who is this handsome fellow? Editorial Page 2 Not an Endorsement, but ... 2 Quiz!! Quiz!! Quiz!! 2 2018 Oklahoma Environmental Education Expo 3 118th Christmas Bird Count 4 - 5 2017-2018 Bald Eagle Watch Dates 6 Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival 7 M.e.t. 2018 Recycling Directory 8 Envirothon Save-the-Date 8 Project WILD Workshops 8 Crow Creek Community Recognition and Activity 8 “How We (and You) Collect and Process Milkweed Seeds” 9 Free Milkweeds for Restoration Projects 10 Partners in Flight Award 10 The “Smart Nest Box” 11 See Page 11 for the answer and much OK Invasives 11 Destination: Horse Thief Canyon 12 more information. Destination: Curl Creek 12 2017 Texas Horned Lizards Results 13 Playing Dead: Foxes and Winter Trees 14 - 15 An environmental education newsletter for The EnvironMentor on Facebook 16 the citizens of Oklahoma sponsored by the QuikLIST 16 Department of Biology at Oklahoma City University. Items appearing in this newslet- Calendar Form 17 ter do not necessarily reflect the opinions or endorsement of the sponsoring organization. Editor: Beth Landon Not an Endorsement , but ... [email protected] Please send any submissions to The EnvironMentor Newsletter or The Calendar to: “We are fusing massive data [email protected] analysis with knowledge from the Published bimonthly each year. crowd and professional reporting The next deadline is January 20, 2018. to build a new kind of journalism that better serves the public. If you wish to receive an email We’re just getting started and we’re glad you stopped by. 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The theme for this year’s EE Expo is “Natural Connections Across Our State”. The opening session will feature a keynote address from Claire Willis on using clay in the classroom. Concurrent sessions will have separate tracks for Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary and Mixed ages. Topics include: Soil Painting Weaving Monarch Initiative Investigating the Spread of the Emerald Ash Borer High School Envirothon Competition High School Wind Energy Competition – Oklahoma Kid Wind Challenge Early Childhood Water Curricula – Getting Little Feet WET Soil Health Leopold Education Project Environmental Education Field Trip Opportunities in Oklahoma – lunch panel Click on the link below to register. The deadline to register is January 26, 2018 at 5:00 P.M.. Onsite registration (without lunch) will be available at event. https://okaee.com/expo/2018-ee-expo/ 3 Audubon's 118th Christmas Bird Count will take place this fall between the inclusive dates of Thursday, December 14th, 2017 through Friday, January 5th, 2018. 1 7 8 2 10 6 9 12 5 3 11 4 17 18 20 19 21 13 16 14 15 # Location Contact Email 1 Kenton (Black Mesa) Max Thompson [email protected] 2 Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge Glen Hensley [email protected] 3 Arnett Eddie Stegall [email protected] 4 Washita National Wildlife Refuge Levi Feltman [email protected] 5 Sooner Lake John Couch [email protected] 6 Stillwater Timothy O’Connell paynecountyaudubonsocie- [email protected] 7 Tallgrass Prairie Preserve Don Wolfe [email protected] 8 Hulah Reservoir Don Wolfe [email protected] 9 Tulsa Jeff Cox [email protected] 10 Rogers County Richard Stuart [email protected] 11 Spavinaw Frank Houck [email protected] 12 Fort Gibson Reservoir Nadine Varner [email protected] 4 # Location Contact Email 13 Sequoyah Chad Ford [email protected] 14 Broken Bow Reservoir Mia Revels [email protected] 15 Red Slough Leif Anderson [email protected] 16 Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge Charles Brown [email protected] 17 Oklahoma City John Shackford [email protected] 18 Norman Mark Howery [email protected] 19 Chickasaw NRA Ron Parker [email protected] 20 Stephens County Roma Lenehan [email protected] 21 Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Michael Husak [email protected] Below is a short December calendar listing by number the date of the Christmas Bird Count at those locations. If your location is not listed, they haven’t published a definite date. For more information you can email the event organizer or go the following URL: https://audubon.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html? Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 15 16 (9) Tulsa (19) Chickasaw 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (11) Spavinaw (12) Fort Gibson (4) Washita NWR (14) Broken Bow (16) Tishomingo (21) Wichita Mts (15) Red Slough 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 (20) Stephens Co (2) Salt Plains (6) Stillwater 31 (1) Kenton 5 6 Registration is now open for the 2018 Lesser Prairie-Chicken Festival! April 11-18, 2018 Featuring keynote speaker Al Blatt Al Blatt of Hartland, Minnesota is a writer, speaker, storytell- er and humorist. Al writes humor and nature columns for many newspapers and does regular radio shows about na- ture. He writes a number of popular cartoon strips that are syndicated nationally and is author of the book, "A Life Gone to the Birds." He is a columnist for Bird Watcher’s Digest and writes for a number of magazines and books. He is a trustee of the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines, Alaska. Al has hosted TV shows, speaks around the country, and has re- ceived numerous awards. Al speaks to anyone who will listen. His mother thinks he is special. Join us in Woodward, Oklahoma, in northwest Oklahoma April 11- 18 for the 2018 Lesser Prairie-Chicken Festival. Besides seeing the Lesser Prairie-Chickens (and so far 99% of participants have had close looks!) and birding around northwest Oklahoma, we are again offering these special features for 2017: An opportunity to view Greater Prairie-Chickens from blinds in Osage County, Oklahoma! Packages designed specifically for photographers! To access the registration pdf click on this URL: http://lektreks.org/lek-treks-2018.pdf If you have any question, feel free to contact John Kennington at 918-809-6325 or [email protected] At the Conference at the Hyatt Regency Tulsa 100 East 2nd Street, Tulsa, OK 74103 OkIPC is organizing For more information and registration an invasive species symposium to high- form click on the URL below. light exceptional Register now for the annual gathering of state natural resource work, both research and management, on professionals and students! will be the February 21-24, 2018 invasive species in the state. 4th annual Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference in Tulsa. We will also be awarding student presentation http://www.oknrc.com/ prizes for both oral and poster entries. 7 Thursday, March 29, 2018 High Schools!! High Schoolers!! The M.e.t.’s Recycling Directory is the ency- Assemble Your Teams Now!! clopedia of recycling for the Tulsa Metro- Build your expertise in Aquatics, Forestry, Soils, politan Area. In our directory, you will find Wildlife, and Western Rangeland Management up-to-date information on the best places to http://www.oklaenvirothon.org/ locally dispose of various items. Click here The First Place Team from the Oklahoma to access the full PDF version of the direc- Envirothon will go to the international tory. For a printed booklet, call our office at competition this year to be held in Idaho. 918-584-0584. Sponsored by: Oklahoma State Butterfly Black Swallowtail Butterfly Get WILD in February ... Project WILD “The Crow Creek Community was a finalist for the About Reading! Team Builder award given by Keep Oklahoma Beautiful this year. We didn't win, but it was a February 3, 2018 great honor to be nominated!” Project WILD Workshop February 10, 2018 Read more about Crow Creek and their Clean-Up Day in the article in the Tulsa news February 24, 2018 at the URL below: Talk with Lisa at the EEExpo http://ktul.com/news/local/crow-creek-community- on February 2, 2018.
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