"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and
the winds long to play with your hair."
Kahlil Gibran
Indian Nations Audubon Society
Eastern Oklahoma
Muskogee, Tahlequah, Wagoner
Fort Gibson & Tenkiller Lakes
News Archives (Page 2)
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Donate to "Audubon Adventures"
Send checks, payable to "Indian Nations Audubon Society", to David Gill, 206 Crabtree Road, Muskogee, OK 74403-6110
Thank you on behalf of future generations of Americans!  Click
here to read more about "Audubon Adventures".

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"Once Was Martha"
Read Berlin Heck's heartfelt essay on the extinct Passenger Pigeon.

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Videos of Yellow-billed Cuckoo & Blackburnian Warbler
See Sharen Carter's great videos!  Go to the Videos web page.

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Bird Cinema!
Bird videos - the YouTube for birders - video sharing website
www.BirdCinema.com

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It's all about Habitat
Without habitat, there are no birds or wildlife!  Visit the Habitat web page.

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Birding Pals!
Going on a trip?  Make contact with local birders for information or to bird with.

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Christmas Bird Counts
Overview of the 2006 CBCs is on the Christmas Bird Counts page.  
The
Fort Gibson CBC and Lake Atoka CBC results for 2006 have been posted.

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Save Lake Atoka
Permanently stop the logging of the Lake Atoka Forest.  Establish a park & habitat preserve!
Click
here to read "The Lake Atoka Forest - A Unique Wilderness In Peril" by David Dyer.

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National Audubon Society: 10 ways to help birds and the environment
Click here to see Audubon's Action List of 10 things you can do to make a difference!

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Full Moon names & dates for 2007 listed
Read Space.com article and list

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USFWS won't list disappearing Cerulean Warbler as "Threatened"
Mountaintop mining cited as one of the reasons for drastic population decline, along with lack of response by USFWS
Have a cup of coffee and
Save the Cerulean Warbler with Cerulean Warbler Conservation Coffee
$1.50 from the sale of each package goes to the American Bird Conservancy to support their efforts to protect this warbler and other migratory bird populations.

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MAPS Bird Banding
Annually from May to August at Fort Gibson WMA
Click
here to go to the MAPS Bird Banding page

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Rare Bird Found Thriving on Lanai
(June 2007)
An unexpectedly large population of endangered Hawaiian Petrel, or ua'u, has been discovered in the remote mountains of Lanai
The population had been decimated by imported predators and habitat destruction
The birds had virtually disappeared from Lanai in the 1980s, but the new population discovered is believed to be increasing

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Winter Wren
Click
here to read more about birds in our area!
(Photo by Ken Williams)