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BioBlitz! 2010, October 8-9

Kaw Lake

Base Camp at Camp McFadden

BioBlitz! 2010 Schedule:

Friday, October 8th
1:00 p.m. — Registration Table - open until dinner
2:00 p.m. — Blue Thumb Water Quality Education Booth - open until dinner
3:00 p.m. — Inventory Begins
3:00 p.m. — Butterfly and Dragonfly Walk
4:30 p.m. — Common Birds of Kaw Lake
5:30 p.m. — Pond Seining for Amphibians
5:30 p.m. — Set Mammal Traps
6:00 p.m. — Bait Beetle Traps
6:30 p.m. — Dinner - served until 8:00
7:30 p.m. — Night Time Herping
7:30 p.m. — Set Mammal Track Stations
8:00 p.m. — Night Time Family Hike
8:30 p.m. — Night Time Insect Collection - going on all around camp until late in the night

Saturday, October 9th
7:00 a.m. — Light breakfast for early risers
7:00 a.m. — Bird Walks, leaving every 30 minutes until 8:00
7:30 a.m. — Check Mammal Traps
8:00 a.m. — Registration Table - open until 2:00
8:00 a.m. — Check Beetle Traps
9:00 a.m. — Check Mammal Track Stations
9:30 a.m. — Common Plant of Kaw Lake
10:30 a.m. — Snakes of Oklahoma
11:00 a.m. — Lichen Lookin’
11:30 a.m. — Fish Seining
12:00 p.m. — Herp Walk
12:30 p.m. — Plants of the Tallgrass Prairie
1:00 p.m. — Butterflies: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
2:00 p.m. — Things that Slither and Hiss
3:00 p.m. — Inventory Ends, Celebrate with Cake
3:30 p.m. — Awards and Announce Totals
7:30 p.m. — Camp Fire and S’mores

Map of Oklahoma pointing out Kaw Lake

use of the fish illustration generously donated by
Joseph Tomelleri

Taxa
Number of Species
Mammals
16
Birds
84
Amphibians & Reptiles
15
Fish
23
Aquatic invertebrates
11
Terrestrial invertebrates
459
Fungi
15
Algae
74
Vascular Plants
242
Lichens
10
GRAND TOTAL
954

Camp McFadden

Map of Kaw Lake

Kaw Lake Association Website

A Corps of Engineers lake located in north-central Oklahoma, Kaw Lake offers boating, fishing, picnicking, and camping. There are many coves and inlets to explore, several trails for hiking, and an abundance of clean, fresh air and sparkling water. It’s a great place view nesting eagles in winter, enjoy fishing in the spring and summer, and to participate in BioBlitz! 2010 in the crisp, cool autumn air!

Tucked inbetween Osage and Kay counties, we will find a variety of habitats in the Kaw Lake Wildlife Management Areas and Army Corps of Engineer lands - tallgrass prairie remnants, Cross Timbers, wetlands, bottomland forest, and, of course, aquatic habitats are waiting to be inventoried by the BioBlitz! team of volunteer scientists.

This year we plan to have a fun filled and action packed schedule of events similar to last year - bird walks, herp talks, fish seining, insect netting.
BioBlitz! is a project of the Oklahoma Biological Survey and the University of Oklahoma. For more information contact the BioBlitz! Committee at prill@ou.edu or 405-325-7658.