Here are a list of Kansas and Missouri locations that are great for local birds, bugs and buds.

Primary Location of Photographs in Kansas
Antioch Park (6501 Antioch Road, Merriam, KS)
Chase County State Fishing Lake (Cottonwood Falls, KS)
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area (204 NE 60 Road, Great Bend, KS)
Clinton Lake (Lawrence, KS)
Cottonwood Falls, KS
Council Grove Lake (Council Grove, KS)
Ernie Miller Nature Center (909 North Highway 7, Olathe, KS)
The Estates of Old Leawood (89th and Lee Boulevard, Leawood, KS)
Foxhill North Park (Leawood, KS)
Heritage Park (16050 Pflumm, Olathe, KS)
Hillsdale Lake (Miami County, KS)
Indian Creek Trail (127th & Pflumm, Olathe/Overland Park, KS)
John Redmond Reservoir (near Burlington, KS)
KCP&L's Prairie Wetland (Gardner, KS)
The Konza Prairie Research Natural Area (Manhattan, KS)
La Cygne State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area (Pleasanton, KS)
Leawood Baptist Church (83rd and State Line, Leawood, KS)
Lyon County State Lake
Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (Linn County, KS)
Marion Reservoir and Wildlife Area (Marion, KS)
Melvern Lake (Melvern, KS)
Milford Lake (Milford, KS)
Mill Creek Streamway Park (Shawnee, KS)
Overland Park Arboretum (8909 W. 179 St., Overland Park, KS)
Rodney Wright Lane (West 151st Street in Olathe, KS)
Roe Park (Leawood, KS)
Shawnee Mission Park (Shawnee, KS)
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (Flint Hills, KS)
Trenton Reed Rockville Run (West 239th Street, Miami County, KS)
Wilderness Wetlands (167th and Nall in Overland Park, KS)
Wyandotte County Lake (Kansas City, KS)

Primary Location of Photographs in Missouri
Drake Park/Osage River (Warsaw, MO)
Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area (Boone County, MO)
Fleming Park at Lake Jacomo (Woods Chapel Road in Lee's Summit, MO)
Isabella, MO/Bull Shoals Lake
James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area (near Lee's Summit, MO)
Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden (4800 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO)
Kauffman Legacy Park (East 48 Street, Kansas City, MO)
Lake Remembrance (Blue Springs, MO)
Longview Lake (11101 Raytown Road, Kansas City, MO)
Longview Lake/Mouse Creek (Grandview, MO)
Loose Park (5200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, MO)
Mark Twain National Forest (Southern, MO)
Powell Gardens (Kingsville, MO)
Russell Majors Waddell Park (8201 State Line Rd., Kansas City, MO)
Smithville Lake (16311 DD Hwy Smithville, MO)
South Kansas City, MO Neighborhood
Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge (Mound City, MO)
Swope Park (6700 Lewis Road, Kansas City, MO)
Truman Lake (Clinton, MO)
Weston Bend State Park (16600 Hwy. 45 North, Weston, MO)

On the Agenda for Kansas
Baker Wetlands (Lawrence, KS)
Nelson Island (Shawnee, KS)
Perry Lake (Jefferson County, KS)
Prairie Park Nature Center (Lawrence, KS)
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (Ellinwood, KS)

On the Agenda for Missouri
Burr Oak Woods (Blue Springs, MO)
George Owens Nature Park (Independence, MO)
Jerry Smith Park (Martin City, MO)
Legacy Park (Lee's Summit, MO)
Lewis And Clark Lake (Buchanan County, MO)
Little Bean Marsh (Platte County, MO)
Little Tarkio Prairie (Holt County, MO)
Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary (Liberty, MO)
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (Puxico, MO)
Roaring River State Park (Cassville, MO)
Unity Village (Lee's Summit, MO) - long-tailed ducks