David Arbour has announced the 7th annual Red Slough Birding Convention to be held in Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma on May 9-12, 2015. This year our keynote speaker will be Dr. Jay Huner who is a bird and agricultural wetlands researcher and active birder from southern Louisiana. Our other speaker will be Dr. Jeff Kelly, director of the Oklahoma Biological Survey. The convention’s daily tours include morning birding trips to the Red Slough WMA, Little River NWR, and the McCurtain County Wilderness Area. There are afternoon tours to see dragonflies and butterflies, prairie wildflowers, and state champion trees. Our expert guides will show you rare birds to Oklahoma such as Purple Gallinules, King Rails, Swainson’s Warblers, and Red-cockaded Woodpeckers. We usually average around 150 species of birds seen during the convention. For more information visit our website at :

www.redsloughconvention.com/ .