Date: 12/15/25 12:01 pm From: Edge Wade <1edgewade...> Subject: Birding with a Purpose
All, I am just finishing up the progress report for the SPARKS agreement between the Missouri Birding Society and the Missouri Department of Resources, Division of Missouri State Parks.
A well-deserved thank you to so many birders who have contributed toward our efforts to better understand what birds are where and when by submitting eBird checklists for Missouri State Parks.
We have a special effort to fill in data on the bar charts, working to complete a full year's dataset for parks with fewer than 12 empty weeks.
You can fill in a blank week by birding these parks in the time remaining in December and in January.
Weeks, for eBird purposes, are com;uted as week 1 is composed of days 1-7; week 2, days 8-14, week 3, 15-21, and week 4 as days 22 through the end of the month.
Sam A. Baker SP, December week 3, January week 4 Washington SP, December week 4 Pomme de Terre Lake & SP, December week 4 and January week 2 Stockton Lake & SP January week 2 Montauk SP January week 3 Big Sugar Creek SP January week 2 Lake Wappapello January week 2 Taum Sauk Mt. SP January weeks 3,4
You don't have to be a member of the Missouri Birding Society to participate in this effort, but if you aren't a member, please consider joining. Your membership dues help pay for the many services MBS offers ALL Missouri birders. Dues are only $20 per year ($15 for students). See https://mobirds.org/MBS/Membership.aspx
