68th Meeting of the Kansas Ornithological Society
September 30 - October 2, 2016
Garden City Community College, Garden City, Kansas
Join KOS members for a weekend of paper presentations and birding in southwestern Kansas.
Fall Meeting Program
Call for Papers
Registration Information
(PDF)
Registration Form
Only (PDF)
Online
Payment/Registration please read all the instructions!
Map of Garden City Community College Campus
Schedule of Events
Friday, September 30
7 - 9 p.m. Social at GCCC, Fouse Science Hall - look for
signs to direct you.
Saturday, October 1 (times tentative)
8 a.m. - Registration at Fouse Science Hall.
9 a.m. - Welcome and paper session in Fouse Science Hall
Lecture Hall. (All Saturday daytime sessions will be in the Lecture Hall.)
11:30 a.m. - KOS Business Meeting
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Lunch. KOS Board meeting: location
will be announced. There are many locations on and near campus for lunch.
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. - Birdwatcher’s Hour - an opportunity for
you to show your bird photos from the past year.
2:30 - 5 p.m. - Paper Session.
5 p.m. - KOS Business Meeting
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Banquet in the Endowment Banquet Hall in
the Student Union.
7:30 - 9 p.m. - Awards and speaker
Banquet Speaker
Our Banquet Speaker this year is Dr. Mike Husak from Cameron University in
Lawton, Oklahoma. Dr. Husak is a professor of biology and his presentation is
titled: “The Secret Lives of Scissor-tails”. A native of Victoria, Texas he has
degrees from Angelo State University and Mississippi State University. Both his
MS and Ph.D. dissertations focused on birds (Golden-fronted Woodpeckers and
avian community structure in bottomland hardwood forests across seasons). Dr.
Husak teaches numerous classes at Cameron University and studies breeding
biology and migration of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. If you love Scissor-tails,
you won’t want to miss this!
Sunday, October 2
7:00 a.m. - Half day field trips will include areas
around Garden City. Gather in the parking lot outside Fouse Science Hall.
Noon - Lunch and compilation will be at the park on the east
side of the Garden City Zoo. (additional directions will be given at the
banquet)
Lodging in Garden
City
Hotels:
A rooming block has been reserved at America’s Best Value Inn, 620-275-5095,
1818 Commanche (next to the IHOP Restaurant). Rate is $55 per night. Ask for the
KOS or KOS/Community College block. Please try to make reservations by September
26th.
There are numerous other hotels in this area, approximately 1.5 miles from the
college. None of these have a reserved block for KOS.
Holiday Inn Express: 2502 E Kansas, 620-275-5900 Complimentary
Continental Breakfast
Townplace Suites by Marriott: 3510 E Kansas, 620-805-6717 Complimentary
Hot Breakfast
Comfort Inn: 2608 E. Kansas, 620-275-5800 Complimentary Continental
Breakfast
Best Western Plus: 2412 E. Kansas, 620-277-7100 Complimentary Continental
Breakfast
AmericInn Lodge & Suites: 3020 E. Kansas, 620-272-9860 Complimentary Hot
Breakfast
Clarion Inn & Conference Center: 1911 E. Kansas, 620-275-7471
National 9 Inn: 123 Honeybee Court, 620-275-0677 (only 4 blocks from the
college)
Registration
The meeting registration fee is $15. The Saturday evening banquet
is $20. The Sunday box lunch is $8. Registration fee is waived for students. Registrations must be received by September 23rd to be included in
meal counts. No refunds for cancellations after September 27th.
The registration form may be found
here
(as a pdf file). All participants must sign the liability release in
order to participate in any portion of this meeting.
Mail completed registration form and payment to:
Max Thompson
1729 E 11th Ave,
Winfield, KS 67156
Student Research Fund Fundraiser
There will not be a silent auction this year. Another form of fundraiser is
being planned. Stay tuned for details and opportunities to support this
activity! If you can not attend the KOS Annual Meeting but would like to support
the Student Research Fund, you may send your donation to KOS Treasurer, Max
Thompson.
Best Bird of the
Year
Nomination for unusual or rare birds observed since
September 30, 2015.
Please send your nominations to Eugene Young, Northern Oklahoma College, 1220 E. Grand. PO Box 310, Tonkawa, OK 74653-0310; or EUGENE.YOUNG@noc.edu. Be sure to include the species, location and name(s) of the observer(s).