Outdoor Kansas for Kids

Pictures

2009 O.K. Kids Photos

Kids Conservation Roundup, at Colby, Wednesday, April 29th

KidsConservRoundup IMG_0071.jpg


KidsConservRoundup IMG_0070.jpg


KidsConservRoundup IMG_0069.jpg


KidsConservRoundup IMG_0068.jpg


KidsConservRoundup IMG_0066.jpg


KidsConservRoundup IMG_0065.jpg

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


From Milford Fishing Derby, Saturday, June 6th:

Milford-The One That Got Away.jpg

The one that got away?

Milford-Smiling Fisherman.jpg

No place he'd rather be.....

Milford-Shock Boat Fish 1.jpg

Shock Boat

Milford-Pony Tail Girl.jpg

Ponytailed angler

Milford-Kiwanis HotDog Feed.jpg

Kiwanis hot dog feed

Milford-Cute Little Girl Fishing.jpg

Ready to catch the Big One!

Milford-Casting Contestant 1.jpg

Casting contest hopeful

Milford-Girl Perched on Rock.jpg

Great perch to fish for..... perch?


Milford-Fishing in Orange Shirt.jpg

Wait for the tug...

Milford-Awarding Prizes.jpg

Awarding prizes--everyone's a winner!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


From Cheney Lake--CLA O.K. Kids Day, Saturday, April 25th


Cheney-Rommel the Police Dog.jpg

Rommel--Police Dog Extraordinaire!


Cheney-Lined up fishing.jpg

The fishing line...

Cheney-Fishing with Rosie the Clown.jpg

Fishing's more fun with Rosie the Clown!

Cheney-Fire Dept. OK Kids Day.jpg

Fishing and Fire Trucks--does it get any better than this?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From Leavenworth-- First City TRYathlon for Kids, Saturday, April 18th:

Lvnwrth-TRYathlete with prize.jpg

Winning TRYathlete accepts prize!


Lvnwrth-choosing prizes.jpg

So many prizes to choose!


Lvnwrth-choosing prizes 2.jpg

All these prizes and fishing fun, too?

Lvnwrth TRYathlon Swimmer.jpg

TRYathlon swimmer


Lvnwrth-at the finish line.jpg

Made it to the finish line!


Lvnwrth TRYathlon OK Kids Group.jpg

Group shot--everybody get your happy on!


Lvnwrth TRYathlon medalist.jpg

Today: winning TRYathlete. Tomorrow: Olympic contender?

Leavenworth OK Kids group.jpg

Okay--one more big group shot for Grandma...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

At Great Plains Nature Center O.K. Kids Day, Saturday, May 2nd

GPNC-Prairie Kingsnake.jpg

Prairie Kingsnake: volunteer Rachel Roth displays our Prairie Kingsnake.


GPNC-Grassland Specimens.jpg


Grassland Specimens: volunteer Seth Gardener presents animal skins in the Grassland station.


GPNC-Birds of Kansas.jpg

Birds of Kansas: Our comprehensive display representing all 472 species of birds found in Kansas.

GPNC-Birdhouse Building.jpg

Birdhouse Building: sponsored by NuStar Energy

GPNC-Bats.jpg

Bat: AmeriCorps member Tracy Harman presents a live Big Brown Bat in our Woodland display.

GPNC-Snake Release.jpg

Snake Release: volunteer George Naylor gets ready to release an Eastern Racer as part of our Animal Release Hikes.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At Watson Park O.K. Kids Day, Saturday, May 30th:


Watson Park Entrance 006.jpg

Welcome to Watson Park!


Watson Park Boy and Arrow 017.jpg

Boy & Arrow

Watson Park Mini Golf 069.jpg

Aspiring Tom Watsons?

Watson Park Proud Fisherman 036.jpg

More fun than noodling!

Watson Park Birdhouse Bldg 063.jpg

Building homes for our feathered friends


Watson Park Girl on a Pony 023.jpg

I'm "manely" here for the pony rides!

Watson Park All Aboard 039.jpg

All Aboard for a super fun day!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


From Turner Recreation Commission Fishing Derby, Saturday, June 6th:


Turner-yellow hat girl w fish.jpg

Success!


Turner-stroller fishing.jpg

Stroller Fishing


Turner-red shirt kid w fish.jpg

Another great catch!


Turner-red hat, big fish.jpg

Lucky red hat?


Turner-happy prize winners.jpg

All together---- CHEESE!!!


Turner-Easy way to fish.jpg

Who says fishing is a lot of hard work?


Turner-black shirt kid, big fish.jpg

That's what I'm talkin' about!


Turner-Big winner 2, smiling.jpg

Hmmm... Thinking about turning pro?


Turner- Mom's holding the fish.jpg

And I thank my "fishing caddy" for her valuable assistance...


Turner- boy with turtle.jpg

Note to self: try a different lure...

O.K. Kids Day Pictures

Ernie Miller Nature Center

Bird Watching DSC02472.JPG

Making Bird Feeders DSC02473.JPG

Getting Bass Pro Buttons and Tattoos DSC02476.JPG

Getting O.K. Kids Shirts DSC02478.JPG

Kids with their Raptor Kites Birding Fiesta 003.jpg

Kids Exploring Bird facts at the Discovery Table Birding Fiesta 005.jpg

Kids Learning to "Eat Like a Bird" Birding Fiesta 007.jpg