The Missouri River Bird Observatory produces a weekly webinar series featuring different topics related to birds, nature and conservation.
NOTE: We’ve moved our new webinar registrations to our events calendar. Check them out and register for each HERE!
All webinars are run virtually through Zoom, and are recorded for viewing later through links here or on our YouTube channel if you can’t watch live at scheduled time. Webinars are all FREE, though good will donations are always appreciated and will help support the series. Webinars are typically (though not always) scheduled for Tuesday afternoons. For more details and to register for upcoming webinars, see the links below or check out our Facebook events calendar!
- Bird Photography: four years of MRBO’s Missouri bird photo contest | Tuesday, 12/8 5:30pm | Join us for look at beautiful images of Missouri birds and stories from the photographers that captured them! MRBO’s photo contest is open for its fifth year from November 1st to December 31st, and we want to show you some of the amazing photos from the first four contests. With us will be contest judges and photographers who will discuss technical and artistic aspects of bird photography. Register HERE!
Past Webinars
Find recordings below!
- The Christmas Bird Count: History and Community Science | Recorded December 1st
- Climate Reality Redux | November 17th
- Community Advocacy Revival | November 10th
- Wild in the Wetlands with the MRBO field crew. Recorded Sept 24th
- The Wonders of Wah’Kon-Tah with the MRBO field crew. Recorded Oct 1st
- Bringing the ‘squeak’ back to MO: Brown-headed Nuthatch Reintroduction with State Ornithologist Sarah Kendrick. Recorded October 6th
- A Tour of Missouri’s Natural Communities with MDC Natural Communities Ecologist Mike Leahy. Recorded October 13th
- Citizens Advocacy Workshop: Recorded October 15th and October 17th
- Bobwhite Quail Ecology and Management with MDC Wildlife Management Biologists Kyle Hedges and Frank Loncarich. Recorded October 20th
- Stream Teams Water Quality in Missouri with Stream Teams United Executive Director Mary Culler. Tuesday, October 27th 5:30pm
- Advocacy for Birds August 25th
- BirdSafeKC volunteer training August 26th
- Environmental Justice for People and Birds September 1st
- Eating for Birds September 3rd
- Vulture Appreciation September 8th
- Landscaping for Birds July 28th
- Habitat Restoration for Birds August 4th
- Lifestyles for Birds August 18th
- Hidden in plain sight June 30th
- HAPPY HOUR with live Q&A July 7th.
- Game birds of Missouri July 14th
- The “Lowly” Sparrow June 9th
- A panel discussion on the movie The Story of Plastic June 16th
- Woodpeckers in Missouri June 23rd
- Sound Science: Bird Song and Acoustics May 19th
- 7 Simple Steps to Help Birds May 26th.
- Birds of Prey featuring the University of Missouri’s Raptor Rehab occurred June 2nd. Due to partner restrictions, we cannot share a recording of this webinar.
- Wonders of Bird migration May 5th
- Bird nests for kids May 11th
- Bird nests for adults May 12.
- Birding 101 April 14th
- Intermediate Birding April 28th
