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Jackson Audubon
Society
5120 Reddoch Drive, Jackson, MS 39211
601-956-7444
jas@jacksonaudubonsociety.
org
RADAR & MIGRATION IN MISSISSIPPI: A New Blog
Ever wondered how many birds are passing overhead on a spring night--or which nights are the best? Head over to our brand-new blog, where we'll be keeping tabs on bird migration all season with the eye-opening tool of radar imagery.
NEW!! The
online community run by and for JAS members. Upload photos, share trip
reports, create personalized pages, and more!
 Adam T. Rohnke, JAS Past President
Occupation: Wildlife Biologist
Started birding:
1999
What sparked interest in birding: First my grandmother
inspired me growing up, then my first college ornithology class set the
hook!
First joined JAS: 2005-06
Offices held in
JAS: President, Conservation Chair
Favorite MS birding
place: Tara Wildlife
Favorite birding place outside MS:
Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania
Backyard birding endeavors:
Creating bird-friendly habitat with native plantings and working on a
bird list of 39 spp. since we bought the house in 2006
Most
memorable birding moment: Overall when I saw my first Harlequin
Duck;
recently, my first Painted Bunting!
Birding
achievements: Completed 4 Breeding Bird Surveys this spring; passing
300 species on my life list, and hopefully by the end of '07 passing the
400 mark.
Advice to birders: Remember while birding to look
down every once in a while, as there are many other cool critters in the
wild to be seen!!! | |
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Saturday, October 8
FIELD TRIP
Sky Lake WMA Leaders: Rob Heflin and Mary Stevens
Field trip to the World's Largest Cypress Tree via the new Sky Lake Boardwalk north of Belzoni. After birding this ancient Cypress Swamp Forest, we will also visit Rob Heflin's "Yazoo Valley Wildlife Birding Area" in the heart of the Delta: 300+ acres of abandoned catfish ponds and the only private catfish pond complex listed on Audubon's Great River Birding Trail! We will eat lunch at the local catfish house in Belzoni. Check out Rob's website for a preview of the area.
Meet at 7am at the Renaissance Hotel
at I-55 and County Line Road to carpool to the Delta.
REMEMBER TO GET YOUR ANNUAL WMA PERMIT: $15 AT ANY SPORTING GOODS STORE OR WAL-MART.
Tuesday, October 25
CHAPTER MEETING
Christmas Bird Count Quiz
 Speaker: Dave King, Ph.D., Southeast Regional CBC Compiler Gear up for the 112th annual Christmas Bird Count, coming up in December, by taking part in this fun CBC-themed quiz by regional count compiler Dave King.
Saturday, December 31
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT Organizer: Mary Stevens
This year's Christmas Bird Count, the 112th in our nation's history, extends one of the most popular and longest-running citizen-science projects in the world. We'll be counting all the birds we can find within Jackson's CBC circle, centered on the Ross Barnett Reservoir. Learn more here and contact Mary Stevens if you want to participate.
Image Credits: Baldcypress by Beth Koebel | |
