The Columbia Audubon Society’s mission
is to preserve the natural world and its ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife, and the earth’s biological diversity through education, environmental study and habitat restoration and protection.
Spring has finally sprung! I love seeing the daffodils and crocuses, along with all the buds on the trees. Bird activity has certainly picked up, and the migrants are continuing to drop in. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for another migratory season of confusing and exhilarating bird song. Every year it takes
Read MoreOn March 7, several members of CAS traveled to the Lodge of the Four Seasons for the Conservation Federation of Missouri’s Annual Convention to receive the Conservation Organization of the Year Award. President Lottie Bushmann gave a charming accceptance speech that left the audience laughing at one of her stories about a classroom situation of
Read MoreEarly May has a lot of field trips going on, as well it should, because migration makes this an excellent time of year for birding. Please check out all of the offerings on the field trip calendar. Here, we want to draw special attention to a pair of events intended to establish a new tradition
Read MoreAre you fascinated by the connections between art, archaeology, and birds? Mark your calendars for two upcoming presentations by Dr. Alicia Dissinger – an expert on ancient Cyprus, its remarkable artistic traditions, and the roles that birds played in them. Both talks are free and open to the public, and each offers a distinct glimpse
Read MoreSupport CAS through CoMoGives
Mid-Missouri residents can make donations to any of 153 nonprofit organizations through the 2023 CoMoGives fundraiser during the month of December. These organizations, Columbia Audubon Society included, offer exceptional programs and services to our community. The Community Foundation of Central Missouri coordinates the fund drive and provides a single website — CoMoGives.com — where gifts can be made to any of the participating groups. Columbia Audubon uses funds received through the CoMoGives drive to create and maintain a native grasslands and woodlands on the 28-acre Columbia Audubon Nature Sanctuary and the city’s adjacent Bonnie View Nature Sanctuary; provide the Band with Nature field trip for 1,100 second graders in Columbia Public Schools; and provide scholarships for older students and teachers to attend science and nature-education programs. Other recent projects partially funded by CoMoGives include improvements to visitor facilities and new signage within our nature sanctuaries. Columbia Audubon is an all-volunteer organization with no paid staff and big goals. Donations received through the CoMoGives fund drive supplement membership dues and give the CAS annual budget a much-needed boost.
Columbia Audubon Society would appreciate your support during this season of giving.