Bald Eagle Days

Saturday, January 12 & 
Sunday, January 13, 2013

Sunday Eagle watch at Helmerich Park cancelled
 due to winter weather.

Seminars and live birds Sunday from 10-3 NOT cancelled, so please join us at the Jenks Freshman Academy for an INDOOR, warm and cozy event!!

Eagle Watch 8-9:30 am, Helmerich Park on Riverside Dr. between 71st and 81st

Seminars 10am-3pm Jenks High School Freshman Academy

We are again holding our January Eagle Days celebration along the river in south Tulsa over the weekend of Jan 12-13, 2013. We will begin with an Eagle Watch at Helmerich Park in south Tulsa followed by the seminars, workshops, vendors, food and a LIVE Bald Eagle and other live raptors at the Jenks Freshman Academy! We're partnering with the Jenks High School Ornithology Club to again present this exciting program! For more information contact Todd Humphrey, 918-810-4492.
 

8:30-10:00am, Helmerich Park on Riverside Drive (Between 71st and 81st streets)

Our members will be there to help you spot the Eagles, and will also have spotting scopes so you can get a close-up look at the birds. There has been a nesting pair of Eagles in this area in the last few years, so we hope they will return this year!

Eagle Seminars

10:00am – 3:00pm, Jenks High School Freshmen Academy located on central campus in Jenks

Click here for detailed Seminar Schedule

Click here for map and directions to Jenks High School

View Tulsa Audubon Eagle Days in a larger map

Click here for more information about the history of Eagles in Oklahoma, their natural history, and the efforts of Tulsa Audubon to protect them.

Images from the Past Eagle Days Celebration

Seminars begin on the hour at 11:00am, 12:15pm, and 1:15pm with a 15 minute break between each session. From 11:45-12:00 will be a Live Bald Eagle Presentation. The Sutton Avian Research Center in Bartleville is bringing Bensar, 20 year old nonreleasable Bald Eagle for a unique opportunity to se our national symbol up close and personal!

• “How Bald Eagles were reintroduced to Oklahoma” Ryan VanZant, Sutton Avian Research Center

• “ Stories from a Bald Eagle Rehabilitator” by Gary Siftar

• “Watching Bald Eagles On-line” by Jessica Root

• PBS documentary “Our National Eagle”

• Improving Your Nature Photography Skills” by Robert Pineiro

• “Live Raptor Exhibit” by Kathy Siftar

Pizza and Pop

Live Mississippi Kite and
Peregrine Falcon

Student Artwork Display

2012 Eagle Days T-Shirts

OK Wildlife Department Bald Eagle mount on display

Tulsa Audubon Society Kiosk

Wild Birds Unlimited Booth

Robert Pineiro Photography

John Kennington Photography

Jenks Ornithology Student Art display

Todd Humphrey Digital Impressions

Click here for more information about the history of Eagles in Oklahoma, their natural history, and the efforts of Tulsa Audubon to protect them.