Date: 3/22/25 4:04 pm From: Lynn Foster <lfoster5211...> Subject: AAS Spring Convention--We Hope You Can Join Us!
Dear Arbirders--
The AAS Spring Convention is next month! Register now--Early Bird registration rates end after March 28! We hope you'll join us at Mt. Sequoyah in Fayetteville for an activity-packed meeting. Not a member? You're welcome to join us! Just a beginner? We're offering two field trips for beginning birders. For details and a link to register click here: https://arbirds.org/AAS/Meetings.aspx.
AAS Vice President Cheryl Johnson and Taylor Long, the Field Trip Coordinator for the upcoming meeting, have done an outstanding job of convention planning! Speakers include Leslie Cooper, Monarch and Pollinator Coordinator with Quail Forever in Arkansas; Joe Neal, Arkansas birder extraordinaire; and Kevin Pierson, Chief of Conservation and Global Strategy for Bat Conservation International. A total of 13 field trips are planned to Chesney Prairie, Woolsey Wet Prairie, Lake Fayetteville, Coler Preserve, Walton Preserve, Sharp Chapel Road, Hobbs State Park (including observation of banding), and Ninestone, with beginner field trips on the grounds of Mt. Sequoyah. For night owls, we are offering a research field trip that will enable participants to see banding of Eastern Screech-Owls! We'll also be able to see banding at Hobbs State Park. The Ninestone Trip is already filled, so don't procrastinate!
Still on the Hill will once again be performing for us on Saturday evening.
We welcome new items for the silent auction--proceeds will fund badly needed cots for the Halberg Ecology Camp--and also free items for the freebie table.
