Field Trip
-
-
Saturday, January 25th – Wheeler NWR, Decatur, AL Field Trip
Back by popular demand! Wheeler hosts one of the largest wintering concentrations of Sandhill Cranes in the world, and it is also home to large numbers of ducks, geese, pelicans, and gulls. In addition to the hordes of Sandhill Cranes, one of the main targets will be Whooping Cranes from the reestablished Central flyway population
-
-
**Tentative** Saturday, February 15th – Ft. Campbell Winter Trip Field Trip
**Tentative** Saturday, February 15th - Ft. Campbell Winter Trip: Given that Ft. Campbell is an active military installation, permissions can change rapidly and therefore this is atentative trip. We will provide updates via TN-Birds, Facebook, and the NTOS website as we get closer to confirm if this field trip will take place. We will join
-
-
Saturday, March 29th – Henry Horton State Park Field Trip
Com join us in exploring a lesser known and under-birded destination by visiting Henry Horton State Park located about an hour south of Nashville. TOS member Chris Stafford will be our guide as we focus our exploration on the west side of the park along the “Wetland Trail” which is a grassy path that winds
-
-
NTOS Field Trip – Saturday April 19th
Come join us for a unique opportunity to explore the private property of Sarah Fremont and her avid birding son Ari on Saturday, April 19th. They have graciously offered to lead us on a guided birding walk of their 45 acre property in southeastern Davidson County between Nolensville and Smyrna. It contains a mix of
-
FIRST Wednesday Morning Radnor Lake Migration Walk – April 23rd
Join NTOS for our annual spring migration walk at Radnor Lake State Park. Begins at 7:30 am on April 23rd from the parking lot outside the Visitor's Center off Otter Creek Rd. Look for the group to gather at the base of the parking lot. The route is up the road, acros the spillway and
-
SPRING COUNT – Saturday, April 26th
Join NTOS for our Annual Spring Count on Saturday, April 26th. Contact Barbara Harris to sign up to participate - harrbarbara@bellsouth.net
-
SECOND Radnor Lake Spring Migration walk – April 30th
Join NTOS for our annual spring migration walk at Radnor Lake State Park. The walk begins at 7:30 am on April 30th from the parking lot outside the Visitor's Center off Otter Creek Rd. Look for the group to gather at the base of the parking lot. The route is up the road, acros the
-
-
THIRD Radnor Lake Wednesday morning Spring Migration walk – May 7th
Join NTOS for our annual spring migration walk at Radnor Lake State Park. The walk begins at 7:30 am on May 7th from the parking lot outside the Visitor's Center off Otter Creek Rd. Look for the group to gather at the base of the parking lot. The route is up the road, acros the
-
FINAL 2025 Radnor Lake Spring Migration walk – May 14th
Join NTOS for our annual spring migration walk at Radnor Lake State Park. The walk begins at 7:30 am on May 14th from the parking lot outside the Visitor's Center off Otter Creek Rd. Look for the group to gather at the base of the parking lot. The route is up the road, acros the
-
NTOS Field Trip – Saturday, May 17th
We will explore the fields and woods of Bells Bend Park in the hopes of locating not only all of the breeding birds found here (which include bobwhite, buntings, orioles, chat, yellowthroat, Prairie and Blue-winged Warblers, and in the last few years, Dickcissel), but also some of the later migrating warblers, flycatchers, and grassland birds
-
-
NTOS Field Trip – Saturday, June 7th
Located in northern Sumner County, Larkspur contains one of the finest examples of mature hardwood forest in our region, and together with the adjacent Nature Conservancy property at Taylor Hollow they support large numbers breeding tanagers, thrushes, and warblers, including Cerulean. The area also contains a small cedar glade and several grassy fields which complete
-
-
FIELD TRIP – Saturday, September 20th
Saturday, September 20th – Ravenwood/Lytle Park, Nashville We’ll explore Nashville’s newest park around the peak of fall migration. Last October’s field trip to Lytle proved very pop- ular so we’ll visit again about a month earlier to search for a different assortment of migrants in this very under-birded spot. This will also allow us to