Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Over 350 bird species can be found in Oklahoma, and visitors to the Oklahoma Wildlife Expo Sept. 25-27 will have the chance to view several of them at an interactive birding area. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is partnering…[more]

The Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp design contest hosted by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation will feature the ringneck in 2010-11, and entries will be accepted from July 1 through Aug. 31, 2009. Every year artists from across the country enter…[more]

How is your backyard bird nesting box doing? Any baby birds yet? How does this compare with last year and with others of the same species?

Anyone with one or more nest boxes can help scientists learn more…[more]

The first hummingbirds of the season are passing through the Ozarks, so enjoy them while they last, says Randy Feagin, White County Master Gardener.

Master Gardeners is an extension program of the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.…[more]

Sometimes to save birds you have to save plants first. Similarly, if you are interested in Missouri birds you might have a strong stake in saving Central American forests. That is the sort of thinking across lines of interest and…[more]

If there is a hummingbird feeder hanging in your garage, put it out quick. The first hummingbird of the year has reached southwestern Missouri, and more are sure to be close behind.

Lanny Chambers, of Fenton, Mo., maintains…[more]

A soaring, darting, chattering flock is on its way to the Show-Me State, and the Missouri Department of Conservation has a publication to help bird-lovers prepare for their arrival.

Purple martins – usually older males – may arrive…[more]

The birds listed here are the most common ones you MIGHT find in Arkansas throughout the entire year. I’ve seen hundreds of brown pelicans here plumped down in one spot, but you aren’t likely to see brown pelicans here because…[more]

Fifteen trumpeter swans were released into the wild in Arkansas this week in an effort to revitalize the state’s swan population while attempting to alter migratory patterns.

Eleven of the swans were released from Holla Bend National Wildlife…[more]

Take advantage of the opportunity to view bald eagles as they soar over Montauk State Park near Salem.  Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the park will host two eagle-viewing events on Friday, Feb. 6 at 9 a.m.…[more]