Field Trip on Saturday, September 14th…

September 9th, 2024|

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 path through the successional woodlands that run along the Cumberland River down to the Pedestrian bridge and back (about 2 miles).  Once back at the parking lot, we’ll make the short drive over to Cornelia Fort Airpark and bird the grassy meadows and ponds of the area.  Depending on the mowing schedule, the grass at Cornelia Fort can be tall, so bug spray and boots are recommended for that portion of the walk (I usually change shoes when arriving at Cornelia Fort).  We’ll get started at 6:30am to take advantage of the cooler morning temps and

TOS State Meeting – Sept. 27th to 29th – hosted by Memphis Chapter

July 14th, 2024|

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 PM in the recreation lodge at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, 910 Riddick Road, Millington.  A paper session will be held following the BOD meeting. A block of rooms is being held at the Holiday Inn Express, with a rate of $129.00 plus tax, per night. Breakfast (0600 – 1000) is included.  Call the Inn directly at (901) 872-3640 and mention TOS to make a reservation by August 30 to guarantee this rate. There are a number of other nearby hotels – Hampton Inn, Motel 6, Plantation Oaks Suites and Inn. We are planning field trips for Saturday and

  • Bob-White---C-Routledge

May 18th Field trip summary to Green Door Gourmet

May 21st, 2024|

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 of the manmade ponds and as I scanned for the hawk, my scope instead fell on a Black-billed Cuckoo that happened to be perched out in the open in a tree at the edge of the pond.  Unfortunately it didn't oblige us for very long and dropped into dense cover soon after being spotted, robbing a few folks of the opportunity for views.  Soon after, we were in the midst of the overgrown fields and ran into our first Dickcissel, amongst the more numerous Orchard Orioles, Blue Grosbeaks, yellowthroats, and meadowlarks.  As we worked our way

  • Male Blackpoll Warbler

2024 Spring Count numbers…

May 21st, 2024|

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 - 303 Great Blue Heron - 73 Great Egret - 12 Snowy Egret - 1 Green Heron - 3 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 Black Vulture - 205 Turkey Vulture - 29 Osprey - 18 Cooper's Hawk - 4 Bald Eagle - 6 Red-shouldered Hawk - 8 Broad-winged Hawk - 6 Red-tailed Hawk - 17 American Coot - 2 Killdeer - 17 Spotted Sandpiper - 10 Solitary Sandpiper - 4 Least Sandpiper - 5 Ring-billed Gull - 2 Herring Gull - 2 Common Tern - 2 Forster's Tern - 5 Rock Pigeon - 13 Eurasian Collared-Dove - 4