Calendar
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November 1st – Field Trip
Saturday, November 1st – Duck River Unit, Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge For our November walk, we will be guided by Daniel Redwine as we continue our annual tradition of visiting the Duck River Unit just before its seasonal closure. This beautiful refuge is a prime birding spot in early November, with large numbers of waterfowl
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November 20th Monthly Meeting and Program description
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 7:30 pm. All are welcome. Membership in NTOS is not required. In July of
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Annual Christmas Gathering, meeting and program – December 18th
Please join us for our final 2025 NTOS monthly meeting and program which will include a Holiday Potluck meal. Please bring your favorite dish to share. (NTOS will provide all drinks and paper products.) We will begin gathering at 6:00 p.m. and eat together. We will have a very short business meeting and election at 7:15 followed by the
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2025 Christmas Bird Count
The NTOS 2025 Christmas Bird Counts dates will be Saturday, December 20th and Thursday, Januaary 1st. Information will be forthcoming as time draws nearer....but mark those calendars and join us for this annual event.
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“Lake CBC Count” – January 1st
NTOS Second Christmas Bird Count will take place on January 1st. For information or to volunteer please contact Richard Connors - didymops07@gmail.com Please put CBC in the subject... Thank you!
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January 24th – Field Trip to Hatchie NWR – O’Neal Lake
Kick off the new birding year with NTOS as we head west to the beautiful Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge! We will join trip leader Mark Greene for a morning walk around O’Neal Lake, where we’ll search for flocks of wintering waterfowl and scan the surrounding fields for seasonal specialties. Our walk will largely take place
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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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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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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