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

Saturday, October 11th – Fremont Farm, Davidson Co.: We’re excited to return to the beautiful Fremont Farm for a fun morning of birding. Ari Fremont, a passionate young birder, and his family have once again graciously invited us to explore their stun- ning 45-acre private property nestled between Nolensville and Smyrna in southeastern Davidson County.

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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