Text Box: Saturday, January 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Sunday, January 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Eagle Days at Lake Ozark. Events include live eagle programs at Osage National Golf Course Clubhouse, exhibits and activities at Willmore Lodge, and viewing with refreshments at Bagnall Dam access. Call Runge Conservation Nature Center at 522-4115 for more information. Monday, January 7 - RBAS board meeting from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at Runge Conservation Nature Center. Preliminary information from Brad Jacobs about international efforts for migratory birds, particularly at Pico Bonito research area. He will speak to the whole River Bluffs Audubon Society in April at Yen Ching Restaurant. For more information call RBAS president Celeste Koon at 636-5593 or e-mail celestekoon@hotmail.com Thursday, January 10 - “Grassland Birds in the Upper Great Plains” presented at 7 p.m. in Runge Conservation Nature Center. (For more information see article on page one.) Saturday, January 26 - Meet at 3 p.m. at the State Information Center, 600 W. Main, for half-hour trip to Bradford Farm, east of Columbia. Walk/ride around and look for sparrows, longspurs, etc., and stick around until the light fades to look for short-eared owls. Trip dependent on the weather. Contact Rich George, 893-5659. Thursday, February 14 - Michael Leahy will speak at 7 p.m. on Missouri's Natural Areas at Runge Nature Center. (For more information see article on page one.) Friday, February 15 - Monday, February 18 - An article about the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is on page two. For a more detailed overview of the program visit the official Web site for the count at www.birdcount.org also contact local GBBC Ambassador Steve Garr at steve@birds-i-view.biz or call 638-2473. Saturday, February 23 - Meet at Runge Nature Center at 4 p.m. for a walk to see if spring might be coming (harbinger-of-spring, peepers, timberdoodles?). We can always hope. Again, depends on decent weather. Contact Rich George, 893-5659, or Dan Reed, 634-2599. Text Box: Note to Field Trip Participants t Always call the trip leader so you will know about last-minute changes in plans. t On all trips bring appropriate clothing, including rain gear, and wear sturdy boots on hikes. Binoculars and bird-identification guides are helpful on the birding trips. In warmer weather bring drinking water. t Trips will go rain or shine; after all, some of the best birding is in “fowl” weather.