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FALL TOS Meeting to be held in Chattanooga on October 13-15th…
The TOS Fall Meeting will be held in Chattanooga on October 13-15th, 2023. Host hotel is the Fairfield Inn and Suites 124/Lookout Mountain. Friday reception and all field trips will leave from there. Paper session and Board of Directors meeting will be held at the Baylor School on Saturday afternoon. TOS 2023 Fall Meeting Details
OCTOBER 28th FIELD TRIP – Green Door Gourmet, Nashville
We will tour this 200+ acre working organic farm which is nestled along the Cumberland River right across from Bells Bend Park. Featuring a mix of cedar forest, upland hardwoods, and large agricultural fields, it forms a habitat mosaic that should attract a wide variety of birds. We plan to hike around the entire property
Field Trip – November 18th: Woods Reservoir Boat Tour (near Tullahoma)
NTOS member Jeffrey Cowell has graciously offered to organize a boat tour of Woods Reservoir aboard his pontoon boat during mid-November, which is right when waterfowl migration kicks into high gear. We will spend several hours on the water searching for newly arriving migrants. The trip is open to NTOS members, and will be limited
NTOS Christmas ‘Land’ Count – Saturday, December 16th, 2023
Join NTOS for our TWO annual Christmas Bird Count. The first is the 'land' count which will take place on Saturday, December 16th. Count leaders will be getting in touch with those who have counted before with details for their areas. However if you've never counted with us please contact Cyndi Routledge at routledges@bellsouth.net
‘LAKE’ Christmas Bird Count – January 1st, 2024
Join NTOS for our TWO annual Christmas Bird Count. The second is the 'lake' count which will take place on Monday, January 1. 2024. Count leaders will be getting in touch with those who have counted before with details for their areas. However if you've never counted with us and would like to do
The January 18th monthly meeting has been CANCELLED due to present and pending weather….
The monthly meeting, scheduled to be held on Thursday, January 18th has been CANCELLED. With current snow, a pending minor thaw and then more snow predicted for Thursday we decided it was the safest decision. See everyone next month! Be safe, keep warm and enjoy your birds!!
Big Sandy/Pace Point Trip – January 20, 2024 – HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SAFETY REASONS.
**Due to ROAD CONDITIONS AND weather this field trip to Pace Point has been CANCELLED. Law Enforcement in the area reports that NO roads have been plowed past the Big Sandy Market and roads into the Refuge there are icy and snowpacked. If you have any questions please contact Mike Smith - ms722@bellsouth.net and put
Monthly meeting – February 15, 2024 – 7 pm
Join us for our monthly meeting on February 15th. Mike Smith will prsent a program on his adventures last year in Belize. Everyone is welcome!
February 17, 2024 – Field Trip to Bells Bend
We will take a mid-winter tour through Bells Bend Park. We’ll start just before dawn in search of owls and wood- cock: this is a great time of year to watch woodcock dis- playing in the fields behind the nature center. Once things lighten up, we’ll wander along one of the main trails which loops
March Monthly meeting – March 21, 2024
Join us for our monthly meeting on March 21st at 7 pm. Tim Lenz will be presenting "Birding Tech Evolution: eBird's Impact and Beyond" Tim Lenz, software developer, lifelong birder, and a recent Co-Founder of BirdingApp, will be sharing a unique perspective on the timeline and development of some of the most popular and lesser-known
March 23, 2024 – Bledsoe State Park Field Trip
Join Tim Loyd for an early spring outing to explore Bledsoe Creek State Park located just east of Gallatin. Bledsoe Creek packs a lot of different habitats into a rela- tively small area, making it one of the top birding destina- tions in Sumner County. It contains a mix of bottomland forest, a small marsh,