What's new?

What's New?

Check here for the latest Sutton Center news, as well as new additions to our web site.

(Last updated 23 April 2008)

Bald Eagle Nest Camera!

Wild Brew fundraiser set for August 2 in Tulsa!

Sutton Center receives the 2007 NatureWorks Wildlife Stewardship Award!

Fence marking to reduce prairie-chicken mortality
Instructions for land owners and land managers

Older "new news items" below...

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore made appearances in Oklahoma
Joel Sartore was the 2007 Sutton Natural History Forum speaker. His presentations reached about 12,000 Oklahoma students.

2007 Sutton Scholarship Awards available to Oklahoma high school students.

The Sutton Center's It's All About Birds educational program with
live birds was given at Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa on October 1 at 1:00 and 3:30,
in conjunction with an ongoing exhibit of Audubon's bird art.

Alpine Habitat of New Mexico added to Habitats of the Americas

Wild Brew 2006 set for August 12

This annual beer and food tasting event in Tulsa will benefit the Sutton Center
again this year. For additional information and tickets, see the Fact Sheet (PDF file).

Bald Eagle Nest Cam for spring 2006

National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths Belt visits Oklahoma schools!

Wild Brew 2005 benefits Sutton Center

The annual beer and food tasting event in Tulsa known as Wild Brew benefited the Sutton Center this year.
This event drew over 1,000 people on August 13 to taste food and beer
as well as raise money for the conservation and education work of the Sutton Center.

Renowned wildlife cinematographer Mark Emery visits Oklahoma

Sutton Center Education Program web pages
including Sutton Award and Sutton Scholarship Award

Many Sutton Center scientific publications now available as PDF files!

Grouse Bibliography now available (PDF file)

More than 300 pages of grouse citations organized by genus.

Oklahoma Breeding Bird Atlas now available!

Over 500 pages of color photos, maps, and text describing Oklahoma's nesting birds.
A finalist for the 2005 Oklahoma Book Award!

Sutton Center begins Oklahoma Winter Bird Atlas Project

Building on the success of the Oklahoma Breeding Bird Atlas, attention now turns to
Oklahoma's winter birds.

Sutton Center wins First Place award

The Sutton Center was awarded first place in the Nonprofit Education and Promotion category of the 2003
Keep Oklahoma Beautiful competition for improvements made to Pathfinder Trail in Bartlesville.

Sutton Center hosts BBQ for members on May 10, 2003 (PDF file)

Get Wild with National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore

OKbirds bird photos now indexed for easy retrieval

Subscribers to the OKbirds listserv contribute their Oklahoma bird photos to share with others. Now each photo is indexed to make them easy to find.

Sutton Center co-hosts prairie grouse conference

The Sutton Center, together with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, co-hosted the 2001 Prairie Grouse Technical Council meeting in Woodward, OK on November 5-8. This is a forum for research papers and discussion about issues relating to prairie grouse.

Sutton bibliography online

A bibliography of George Miksch Sutton is now available on our site, along with a brief biography.

Dickcissel conservation in Venezuela

After conducting an intensive, five-year study of nesting Dickcissels in Oklahoma, the Sutton Center takes a look at this species on its wintering grounds in Venezuela.

Sutton Center's Steve Sherrod attends Rose Garden ceremony with President Clinton!

A ceremony celebrating the scheduled removal of the Bald Eagle from the endangered species list took place in July, 1999. The Sutton Research Center was invited due to our successful Bald Eagle restoration efforts in the southeastern U.S.

Research ongoing on Lesser Prairie-Chickens

The Center is continuing a major radio telemetry study of Lesser Prairie-Chickens in western Oklahoma and eastern New Mexico. We are working cooperatively with landowners and the Western Governors' Association to evaluate possible reasons for the decline of this species, as well as ways to maintain its population. See photos and more information about Lesser Prairie-Chicken research!

Grassland birds book published

In 1995, the Sutton Center and the Association of Field Ornithologists hosted the International Conference and Training Workshop on the Ecology and Conservation of Grassland Birds in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Proceedings from this conference have now been published, and are available from the Cooper Ornithological Society. Ordering information.

Sutton Center joins OneNet and receives faster Internet access

The Center is now connected to OneNet, the Oklahoma Board of Regents' high speed educational computer network. This enables the Center to conduct video conferencing for educational purposes and provides a fast, reliable link to the University of Oklahoma and access to the Internet.

Summer Sutton Newsletter now available on the Web Site

Articles from the Center=s semiannual newsletter are now available on this web site. Members receive the full color newsletter with pictures. For information on membership so that you may receive future issues of the newsletter (and other benefits), click here. To read this and other back issues of our newsletter, click here.

Bookshelves for library arrive

After years of wishing and waiting, the Sutton Center now has a set of custom-built bookcases to house our library materials, including a wide variety of volumes donated by Dr. Dean Amadon and Dr. Bill Southern. Many thanks for the generosity and work of Charles Flint III (Chairman, Flint Resources Co.), Bill Sample (Flint Resources Co.), and John R. Bates (President and Chief Operating Officer, Flint Industries Inc.). Our versatile volunteer, Bonnie Gall, has been cataloging and shelving the collection so our books and journals will soon be much more readily available for staff use!

Bird Song: Painted Bunting

Unique visits since 8 October 2004