Date: 8/23/25 7:03 pm From: Lynn Foster <lfoster5211...> Subject: AAS Fall Convention Registration is Open!
Dear ArBirders:
Registration for the fall AAS convention is now open! This fall we're meeting the last weekend in October, Oct. 24-26, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Conway. Thanks to Cheryl Johnson for planning what will be a wonderful meeting!
Field trips begin on Friday afternoon. Four will be offered on Friday, five on Saturday, and three on Sunday. Our field trip coordinator, Patty McLean, has included a bird banding demo for Sunday morning (thanks, banders Maureen McClung and Kevin Kracjir!) and a tour of a Master Gardeners' teaching garden containing mostly native plants on Friday afternoon. Other field trips will take place at hotspots in and around Conway. Thanks to Patty and all who have agreed to serve as guides.
Our two dinner speakers will be Spencer Daniels from AGFC, who will tell us all about our native Arkansas bears (with a few words about mountain lions) and Dr. Todd Green from Arkansas State University, who will share his fascinating research on the connections between cassowaries' casques and extinct, non-avian dinosaurs. For more details about the convention program and field trips, click here <https://arbirds.org/AAS/MeetingDetails.aspx?id=23>.
Our special room rate will be $110/night not including taxes, and is good through 9/26. To register at the hotel, click here <https://group.hiltongardeninn.com/3nnf8z>.
Early Bird registration of $15 for students, $25 for AAS members, and $30 for non-members is available until October 3. Register for the convention here <https://arbirds.org/AAS/Registration.aspx?id=23>.
Questions? Email VP Cheryl Johnson at <cjbluebird...>
