Volume 42, Number 2,
February 1996:
Backyard Birds

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE
- about KSN
- about the author

IN THIS ISSUE
- introduction
- what do you need to go birding?
- some common backyard birds
- house finch
- American robin
- house wren
- European starling
- house sparrow
- black-capped chickadee
- northern cardinal
- ruby-throated hummingbird
- blue jay
- gray catbird
- purple martin
- downy woodpecker
- eastern bluebird
- Baltimore oriole
- American goldfinch
- the Kansas winter bird feeder survey
- acknowledgment
- owls

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Backyard Birds
by Marvin Schwilling

OWLS
The Outdoor Wildlife Learning Sites program is directed by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks through the Chickadee Checkoff. OWLS is designed to facilitate outdoor laboratories on or near school grounds. Grants of $2,000 are given through the Chickadee Checkoff to initiate development of the outdoor sites. Typically, OWLS areas are made up of native habitat plantings, small wetlands or pools, bird feeding stations, and interpretation displays. Students are encouraged to be involved form the very start so that they gain experience in planning, budgeting, and designing the site. On new sites, students, parents, teachers, administrators, and other cooperators get to plan, learn, plant and have fun together as the OWLS materializes. By following straightforward guidelines, schools can submit OWLS proposals to the Department of Wildlife and Parks. For more information about OWLS, contact: Fisheries and Wildlife Division, 512 SE 25th Avenue, Pratt, KS 67124. And also remember to support the Chickadee Checkoff through your donation on the individual income tax form.

For more birding information:
contact the Kansas Ornithology Society, Museum of Natural History, Lawrence, KS 66045.