Calendar
Events
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February 14th – Field trip to Fowler Rd Irrigation Pond – Lincoln County
What better way to brighten up chilly February than with two NTOS field trips on the calendar? First up: Saturday, February 14th, when we’ll head to one of Tennessee’s premier birding hotspots, the Fowler Road Irrigation Pond. Trip leader Avery Fish knows this site very well and has turned up an impressive list of species
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NTOS Monthly meeting – FEBRUARY 19th – CANCELLED DUE TO STORM DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT CLEAN-UP!
The FEBRUARY MEETING of the Nashville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society (NTOS) has been CANCELLED. The recent ICE storm caused extensive tree damage to the Park. The Park also remains without electricity and water. Clean-up and restoration is expected to take until at least March 1st. Please make sure to check back here to
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February 28th – Field Trip to Cornelia Fort Airpark – Davidson County
For our second field trip of the month, we’re staying close to home and heading to one of Nashville’s popular birding spots: Cornelia Fort Airpark in Shelby Bottoms Park. Trip leader Ariel Dunham, an expert on the birds of Shelby Park, will guide us on this outing on Saturday, February 28th. This trip offers a
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NTOS Monthly meeting – MARCH 19th
The Nashville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society (NTOS) meetings are held at the Radnor Lake Visitors Center at 1160 Otter Creek Road on the third Thursday of every month (except July and August). We usually gather and greet one another at 7:00 pm; have a Business Meeting at 7:15; followed by a program at
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March 21st – Lytle/Ravenwood Park – Davidson County
Come explore Lytle Park, one of the newest gems in Nashville’s expanding park system! Our fall field trips to this park have consistently drawn great interest, and this year we’re switching things up with a visit in a different season. March brings a unique blend of lingering winter species and the earliest signs of spring
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April 18th Field Trip to Harpeth River State Park-Gossett Tract (Cheatham Co.) – 7:00 am
Join NTOS for a spring field trip to the Gossett Tract of Harpeth River State Park (1230 Cedar Hill Rd, Kingston Springs, TN 37082), a scenic riverside property in Kingston Springs. This tract features a mix of open fields, riparian habitat along the Harpeth River, and wooded edges making it an excellent spot to look
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Wednesday Morning Radnor Lake walks…April 22nd – 7:30 am
Join us for these ever popular Wednesday morning Spring migration walks at Radnor Lake State Park. Meet at the kiosk to the right of the Visitor's Center by 7:30 am. If you get stuck in traffic or are running a bit late...we always take the same route. Up the road, across the spillway and up
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NEW – Thursday Evening Spring Migration walks at Shelby Bottoms – April 23rd
Evening migratoin walk - Shelby Bottoms Park – Phase 3/Forrest Green Trailhead. (Parking lot coordinates: 36.19728, -86.70295). Each evening’s walk will begin at 5:00 pm. We will walk along a flat, paved trail that allows for easy birding. The route will take us straight out from the parking lot, with a left turn at the
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NTOS Spring Bird Count – April 25th
The NTOS Spring bird count will take place on Saturday, April 25th. For more information or to sign up to count please contact Barbara Harris - harrbarbara@bellsouth.net
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2nd Wednesday morning Radnor Lake migration walk – April 29th
Join us for these ever popular Wednesday morning Spring migration walks at Radnor Lake State Park. Meet at the kiosk to the right of the Visitor's Center by 7:30 am on the 29th. If you get stuck in traffic or are running a bit late...we always take the same route. Up the road, across the
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NEW – Thursday evening spring migration walks at Shelby Bottoms – April 30th
Shelby Bottoms Park – Phase 3/Forrest Green Trailhead. (Parking lot coordinates: 36.19728, -86.70295). Each evening’s walk will begin at 5:00 pm. We will walk along a flat, paved trail that allows for easy birding. The route will take us straight out from the parking lot, with a left turn at the river, looping back to the
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TOS Annual Spring State Meeting – May 1-3, 2026 – Kingsport
We hope you'll consider joining NTOS and the other 9 TOS Chapters in Kingsport for our Annual State meeting. It's a grand opportunity to meet folks from other TOS Chapters from across the State while spring birding at hotspots in Kingsport. There there Field trips on both Saturday and Sunday mornings, a Board of Directors