Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Take advantage of a unique opportunity to get an up-close look at the ruby-throated hummingbird. You will have two opportunities this summer to join researcher Lanny Chambers at Onondaga Cave State Park near Leasburg as he captures and studies these…[more]

Rest areas throughout Missouri have gone to the birds. Thanks to a private donation, each of the 19 rest areas along Missouri interstate highways were provided with purple martin houses and bluebird houses, and most of the rest areas already…[more]

Young songbirds babble before they can mimic an adult’s song, much like their human counterparts. Now, in work that offers insights into how birds--and perhaps people--learn new behaviors, MIT scientists have found that immature and adult birdsongs are driven by…[more]

Each spring from March to June, birds of every kind – songbirds, raptors, shorebirds and others – make their way from their winter homes in the south to their summer breeding grounds in places as far north as the Arctic.…[more]

There’s nothing more delightful than watching birds flit from one area of your garden to the next. Attracting birds to your yard is really quite simple: if you supply their three basic needs—food, shelter and water—you will have an avian…[more]

Birders across the Ozarks and in other parts of the nation faced biting winds and cold temperatures in recent efforts to compile information for the Audubon Society’s 108th Christmas Bird Count.

Usually conducted on a day near Christmas,…[more]

Arkansas is one of the premier bird watching locations in the United States. Arkansas birding provides tourism dollars that can be used for conservation of habitat, and to support the local businesses that rely on tourists for their livelihoods. With…[more]

(ST. LOUIS): Bundle up, bring your binoculars, and head to the Missouri Botanical Garden for a bird-watching bonanza! The third annual Backyard Bird Festival will be held on Saturday, Feb. 2 from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Adults and children…[more]

HOPE, Ark. - The hummingbird is one of the more popular birds that bird enthusiasts enjoy watching, for many reasons, says Gerald Alexander, Hempstead County staff chair with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.

“Hummingbirds are remarkable…[more]

Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. – Hummingbirds will provide the theme and Gravois Mills will provide the setting for the second annual Hummingbird Festival on Saturday, June 23. The family-friendly event at Central Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks will run…[more]