[Bristol-Birds] Wildlife Weekend Steele Creek Park-- Oct. 14-15

Wildlife Weekend

Friday, October 14th - Steele Creek Park Nature Center


7 PM Campfire Owl Talk - Join Marty Silver of Warrior's Path State Park for a 
campfire talk featuring live, native owls (bring a chair or blanket).

8 PM Owl Prowl - Tom McNeil of Northeast State Technical Community College will 
lead a hike into the park to look for as well as listen for wild owls (bring a 
flashlight).

Saturday, October 15th - Steele Creek Park Nature Center

Free Admission 

9 AM - 8 PM Exhibit Area - Organizations include Friends of Steele Creek Park, 
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, The Nature Conservancy, The Bristol Bird 
Club, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and others - Located in the Lodge.

9:00 AM Bird Hike - Wallace Coffey of the Bristol Bird Club and park Jr. 
Naturalist Sam Cross will lead this hike to see what kind of avian activity we 
can uncover. Bring binoculars. 

10:00 AM Bird Banding - Richard Lewis of the Bristol Bird Club will be catching 
and banding birds. Meet at the Civitan Shelter parking lot and see what we can 
catch. 

11:00 AM Tennessee Wildlife - Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency personnel 
will lead this great program on identifying our native wildlife using furs and 
animal skulls. 

12:00 PM Lunch Break

1:00 PM Gray Fossil Site - Larry Bristol, Paleontology Coordinator for the 
site, will give a presentation on the history of this important scientific 
discovery, including great pictures.

2:00 PM Fall Foliage/Tree Identification - Todd Easton leads this enjoyable 
hike on native trees.

3:00 PM Autumn Ecology Ramble - Don Holt, former Steele Creek Naturalist, leads 
this nature hike, which will be excellent for children, as well as adults.

4:00 PM Nature Photography - Mike Poe will teach the basics of nature 
photography.

5:00 PM Mushroom Hike - Gabrielle Zeiger will lead this educational hike on 
mushrooms.

6:00 PM Slagle Hollow Natural Area - Park naturalist Chris O'Bryan and Jr. 
Naturalist Charlie Parker will lead a hike (2 miles) to explore the beauty of 
Slagle Hollow (bring flashlights).

7:00 PM Steele Creek Research - Logan Webb, a King College student, will 
present his research on turtles and his work on digital tree maps in the park.

8:00 PM The Grandest Canyon - Brad Jones of Winged Deer Park will present a 
program on the history and resource management of one of our nations most 
popular parks. 

Sponsored by:


Friends of Steele Creek 

Nature Center & Park



For more information call the Nature Center (423) 989-5616 or Department of 
Leisure Services (423)764-4023.

A video on fall wildflowers will be playing continuously in the Nature Center.

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