KOS 2009 Fall Meeting
October 2 - 4, Hutchinson, Reno County
Dillon Nature Center/Hutchinson Community College
Fall
Meeting Program Booklet
Registration Form
Call for Papers
Best Bird of the Year
Join KOS members for a weekend of paper presentations and birding in south
central Kansas.
Paper abstracts are due by
September 15; send in MS Word to Chuck Otte
at otte2@cox.net.
Schedule of Events
Friday, October 2
7:00 p.m.— Informal reception at Dillon Nature Center, 3002 E 30th
Ave., Hutchinson. Mingle, visit and maybe do a little night birding
Saturday, October 3
(Revised Full
Saturday Schedule)
7:45 a.m. —Registration begins at
Shears Technology Center, Hutchinson Community College, one block west of
14th and Plum. Park in the big parking lot on the west side of the
Technology Center.
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.—Welcome.
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. —Business meeting.
9:00 a.m. - noon —Paper session.
Noon - 1:30 p.m. —Lunch on your own; KOS board will meet in location to be
determined.
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. —Birdwatchers' Hour.
2:30 - 5:00 p.m. —Paper session. Silent auction ends.
5:00 - 5:30 p.m. —Business meeting.
6:00 - 6:30 p.m. —Social.
6:30-9:00 —Banquet – Grand Prairie Hotel & Convention Center, 1400 North
Lorraine St., Hutchinson. Our Banquet Speaker will be Brad Jacobs from
Missouri Department of Conservation. Brad has been involved with the Avian
Conservation Alliance of the Americas (ACAA), and will talk about the time he
has spent in the neotropics conserving habitat for many of our breeding
birds.
Sunday, October 4
6:30 a.m.—Half-day field trips to locations including: McPherson
Valley Wetlands, Cheney Reservoir, Sandhill State Park, Quivira NWR.
Noon—Lunch and compilation at the Dillon Nature Center
Lodging and Dining
KOS has room blocks at two hotels. We have 30 rooms blocked at
the Hampton Inn, 620-665-9800, 1401 1/2 E. 11th Avenue, for $89.95 and 20 rooms
at Comfort Inn, 620-663-7822, 1621 Super Plaza (just west of 17th and Highway
61), for 79.95. The cutoff date on these blocks is September 14th.
There are many places to eat along Highway 61 in northeast
Hutchinson and along 30th Ave in north Hutchinson.
Registration - Registration will be $15, the Saturday evening
banquet will be $20 and the Sunday box lunch will be $7. The registration
form can be found here. All participants must sign the liability release
on the
registration form in order to participate in any portion of this meeting.
Silent auction
Members and guests are strongly encouraged to bring donated items for the Silent
Auction. Suitable donations include birding-themed equipment, field guides, bird
houses, bird baths and optics. All proceeds go to the KOS Student Research Fund.
