By Cynthia Routledge|2024-11-20T08:33:36-06:00November 20th, 2024|Counts, News|
We need your help!! Are you interested in being the Area Leader for the Donelson/ Pennington Bend and the Metro Center Route for the January 1st, 2025 NTOS Christmas Bird Count?? We could sure use your help!! For more information or to volunteer, please call Tarcila Fox - 615-405-8625!
By Cynthia Routledge|2024-09-30T13:00:22-05:00September 30th, 2024|News|
On Thursday, October 3, 2024 the Tennessee State Legislature will meet to consider changes in how the State protects our wetlands - reviving an issue that sparked intensive debate earlier this year when the Bill was first introduced to roll back environmental oversight over nearly half a million acres of the State’s fragile ecosystems.
By Cynthia Routledge|2024-09-25T15:29:00-05:00September 25th, 2024|News|
Eighteen participants took part in the NTOS field trip to Shelby Bottoms in Nashville last Saturday: starting in Phase 3 of the bottoms, we enjoyed a leisurely stroll along the paved path, abiding the ebbs and flows of bird activity that is so often the case during fall migration. We encountered three widely spaced mixed
By Cynthia Routledge|2024-09-09T16:14:00-05:00September 9th, 2024|News|
Saturday, September 14th – Shelby Bottoms (Phase 3 and Cornelia Fort)* As fall migration heats up, we plan to check out one of the best spots in Nashville for weary migrants to rest and refuel. We’ll meet at the Forrest Green Trailhead, otherwise known as the entrance to Phase 3. We will bird the paved
By Cynthia Routledge|2024-07-18T17:53:32-05:00July 18th, 2024|News|
Check out the annual upate to checklists, tax and name changes...brought to you by Michael Retter of the American Bird Association. https://www.aba.org/aos-supplement-2024/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR21wuYzKxQ6DE9cDWkJR_ajdI_jhJ7KurjcLYig2nxiNi7NZrIzwi3MlqQ_aem_4ZgrwcgFCMUfjXCXc0JEuQ
By Amy Wilms|2024-07-16T14:04:15-05:00July 14th, 2024|Uncategorized|
The Memphis Chapter invites you to the 2024 TOS Fall meeting to be held September 27 – 29 in Millington. Friday night registration and social will be held at the Holiday Inn Express, 5090 Copper Creek Boulevard, from 5 to 8 PM. The Saturday afternoon Board of Director’s Meeting will be held at 2
By Cynthia Routledge|2024-06-22T13:10:53-05:00June 22nd, 2024|News|
There are no monthly meetings in July and August of each summer. Please join us as we 'flock' back together on September 19th with a Pot Luck celebration beginning at 6 pm. Have a safe and wonderful summer!!
By Cynthia Routledge|2024-05-21T14:26:24-05:00May 21st, 2024|News|
Eleven participants took part in last Saturday's field trip to the Green Door Gourmet. Although weather forecasts called for the potential of rain throughout the morning, the weather cooperated perfectly and it remained pleasant and dry. As we started down toward the river, one of the participants spotted a hawk on a distant snag near one
By Cynthia Routledge|2024-05-21T12:26:25-05:00May 21st, 2024|News|
Here are the results of our recent count, which was held May 4. Canada Goose - 71 Wood Duck - 49 Mallard - 104 Blue-winged Teal - 6 Lesser Scaup - 15 Red-breasted Merganser - 11 Northern Bobwhite - 16 Wild Turkey - 30 Common Loon - 2 Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Double-crested Cormorant -
By Cynthia Routledge|2024-05-14T11:38:13-05:00May 14th, 2024|News|
Green Door Gourmet Organic Farm Saturday, May 18th, 2024, 6:30am 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