Hope to see you at one of these September events:
This Sat., Sept. 1 - Field trip to the Earth Complex/T.E. Maxon Treatment
Plant aka "The Pits" led by Dick Preston. Meet at the TVA ash ponds
by the Allen Steam Plant at
7:30 a.m.
More info: http://is.gd/s5vr2u ;<https://is.gd/s5vr2u>
Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/SxtUkFgiwt12
Sat., Sept. 15 - Shelby County Fall Count. Meet at Meeman-Shelby Forest
State Park visitor center at 7:30 a.m. Dick Preston is our leader. You can
also bird anywhere in Shelby County that day and send your observations to
dickpreston (at) rittermail (dot) com. Include observers' names,
location(s) birded, species, miles and hours.
More info: http://is.gd/Vba1wL
Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/PSpoM4Gz8o22
Wed., Sept. 19 - Chapter meeting at 7 p.m., St. George's Episcopal Church,
2425 S. Germantown Rd., Germantown, TN. Tom Moorman, Ducks Unlimited's
chief scientist, speaks on DU's Conservation Efforts. Refreshments served.
More info: https://is.gd/Qt0GUR
Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/md8WHaMCTDn
Sun., Sept. 23 - Field trip to Fort Pillow State Historic Park & Lower
Hatchie NWR with Dick Preston. Meet at 7:00 a.m. at the Alex Haley Rest
Area on Highway 51, 3 miles north of Covington. Carpool from there to Ft
Pillow.
More info: https://is.gd/ienkM0 & https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Lower_Hatchie/
& https://is.gd/VP1nhP
Directions to rest area: https://goo.gl/maps/eRxKCcFZaZr
AREA FESTIVAL:
Fri.-Sun., Sept. 7-9 - Annual Hummingbird Migration & Nature Celebration at
Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, Holly Springs, MS. 9-5 daily. Features
Hummingbird banding by Southeastern Avian Research <http://is.gd/88K32e>
More info: http://strawberryplains.audubon.org
Directions: http://is.gd/GGwmVS
Visit MTOS online at http://birdmemphis.org
Judy Dorsey
Hickory Withe, TN
