Outdoors calendar (Dec. 6)

Birding/Nature

Next Saturday — Saturday bird walk, Wichita Audubon Society, Chisholm Creek Park, Great Plains Nature Center parking lot, 8 a.m. Call 316-519-1970.

Dec. 15 — Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Christmas Bird Count, refuge headquarters, 7:30 a.m. Call 785-658-2595.

Dec. 19 — Wichita Christmas Bird Count, Great Plains Nature Center parking lot, 7:30 A.M. Call 316-709-9116

Dec. 20 — Winfield/Udall Christmas Bird Count, Beech Science Center, Southwestern College, 7:30 a.m. Call 620-221-1856.

Dec. 22 — El Dorado Christmas Bird Count, McDonald’s, 7:30 a.m. Call 316-323-4921.

Dec. 23 — Slate Creek Christmas Bird Count, Slate Valley Baptist Church, 8 a.m., Call 620-660-0547

Dec. 26 — Arkansas City Christmas Bird Count, Newman Park, 8 a.m. Call 620-660-0547.

Dec. 26 — Marion Christmas Bird Count, Wendy’s in Hillsboro, 8 a.m. Call 316-670-3140.

Jan. 2 — Red Hills Christmas Bird Count, Wright Truck Stop, 8 a.m. Call 316-519-1970.

Fishing

Through April 15 — Trout season.

General

Jan. 7 — Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism commission meeting, Manhattan.

Feb. 19-21 — Kansas Ducks Unlimited State Convention, Atrium Hotel and Convention Center, Hutchinson. For more information, go to www.ks.ducks.org.

Hunting

Below is the basic listing of hunting seasons. Please check regulations for boundary, limits and permit requirements at www.ksoutdoors.com.

Year-around — Rabbit season.

Ends next Sunday — Firearms deer season.

Through Dec. 31 — Archery deer season.

Through Jan. 3 — White-fronted goose season (first segment).

Through Jan. 3 — Low plains late zone duck season (first segment).

Through Jan. 3 — Southeast zone duck season (first segment).

Through Jan. 4 — High plains duck season (first segment).

Through Jan. 7 — Sandhill crane season.

Through Jan. 31 — Pheasant season.

Through Jan. 31 — Quail season.

Through Jan. 31 — Greater prairie chicken season (regular season).

Through Feb. 14 — Canada and light goose season (second segment).

Through Feb. 15 — Furbearer season (hunting and trapping)

Through Feb. 28 — Squirrel season.

Through March 31— Beaver and otter trapping season.

Dec. 14-Jan. 31 — Fall turkey season (second segment).

Dec. 19-Jan. 3 — Low plains duck zone (second segment).

Jan. 1-3 — Antlerless whitetail deer season, units 6, 8, 9, 10, 16 and 17.

Jan. 1-10 — Antlerless whitetail deer season, units 1-5, 7, 11-14.

Jan. 1-17 — Antlerless whitetail deer season, units 10A, 15 and 19.

Jan. 9-31 — Southeast zone duck season (second segment).

Jan. 23-31 — High plains and low plains late duck season (second segment).

Jan. 23-Feb. 14 — White-fronted goose season (second segment).

This story was originally published December 5, 2015 at 2:25 PM with the headline "Outdoors calendar (Dec. 6)."