Jackson Audubon
Bird Field Trip and Chapter Program Calendar
2024
All Events Are Free & Open to the Public
WebSite: JacksonAudubonSociety.org
Phone: 601.832.6788
Check Website for Last Minute Cancellations Or Call Numbers Above
Lefleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walks:
First Saturday of the month except January, July and August.
Four Chapter Meetings:
February, May, Aug, & Oct on the 4th Tuesday of the month.
JANUARY, 2024
NO SATURDAY LBSP FAMILY BIRD WALK
FEBRUARY 3, 2024
Saturday 8am-10am
FIRST SATURDAY LEFLEUR’S BLUFF STATE PARK FAMILY BIRD WALK
Campground Entrance off Lakeland Drive, Jackson
Meet at Picnic area
LEADER: Dr. Benji Dillard
$2.00 park entrance fee per person (new fee policy)
FEBRUARY 16-19, 2024
GBBC (The Great Backyard Bird Count)
Join the world in connecting to birds – February 16–19, 2024. Watch the video to learn more about the count at the Audubon website. Birds are everywhere, all the time, doing fascinating things! Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count for one to four days in February to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds. You can count for as little as 15 minutes watching your feeder or walking in your neighborhood or favorite birding spot or park. Sponsored by Audubon, Wild Birds Unlimited, Cornell University and Birds Canada.
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
JAS Chapter Mtg
LECTURE: BIRD CAMP FOR CHILDREN PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION
SPEAKER: Chris King, JAS Past President and Creator and Teacher of JAS Bird Camp
MARCH 2, 2024
Saturday 8am-10am
FIRST SATURDAY LEFLEUR’S BLUFF STATE PARK FAMILY BIRD WALK
Campground Entrance off Lakeland Drive, Jackson
Meet at Picnic area
LEADER: BB WATSON
$2.00 park entrance fee per person (new fee policy)
MARCH 11-15, 2024
(Monday-Friday)
JAS AUDUBON BIRD CAMP
LOCATION: MS MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE (MMNS)
TIME: 9am-3pm
AGES: 9-12
COST: $200.00
JAS members will provide instruction on all aspects of birds
and birding in partnership with MMNS.
Call the Museum to sign up (601)576-6000. Space is limited.
MARCH 30, 2024 “LIMIT 10 BIRDERS”
Saturday 2pm-6pm
SHOREBIRDING IN THE DELTA
APRIL 6, 2024
Saturday 8am-10am
FIRST SATURDAY LEFLEUR’S BLUFF STATE PARK FAMILY BIRD WALK
Campground Entrance off Lakeland Drive, Jackson
Meet at Picnic area
LEADER: CULLEN BROWN
$2.00 park entrance fee per person (new fee policy)
APRIL 20, 2024
Saturday Bird Field Trip
8am-NOON-ish
FANNYE COOK NATURAL AREA MIGRATION WALK, Liberty Rd, Flowood, MS, Rankin County
This urban natural area was recently dedicated in honor of Miss Cook, an avid birder, wildlife conservationist and founder of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. The area includes about 2,600 acres of wetlands in Rankin County on the north side of Lakeland Drive between Airport Road and the Barnett Reservoir. It is not open to the public yet but we have permission to enter from Wildlife Mississippi, who manages the property. Beautiful area and should be full of migrants.
DIRECTIONS: At the intersection of Lakeland Drive and Airport Road in Flowood, MS (at stop light), go north on Liberty Road (do not go south toward the airport). Continue on Liberty Rd until you see the gate and sign on north side of road. We will meet at the gate. We will walk the roads and trail stopping to bird. EASY walking. Lat/Long: Google Maps: 32.341890, -90.091738
LEADERS: BRUCE REID, LIBBY and PAUL HARTFIELD
MAY 4, 2024
Saturday 8am-10am
FIRST SATURDAY LEFLEUR’S BLUFF STATE PARK FAMILY BIRD WALK
Campground Entrance off Lakeland Drive, Jackson
Meet at Picnic area
LEADER: CULLEN BROWN
$2.00 park entrance fee per person (new fee policy)
MAY 28, 2024
JAS QUARTERLY CHAPTER MEETING (Pot Luck Supper – Bring your favorite dish)
4th Tuesday
Meet & Greet: 6:00pm
Business Meeting: 6:15pm
(Slate of officers for May election will be presented)
PROGRAM: MISSISSIPPI’S NATURAL HERITAGE
SPEAKER: WES SHOOP, PhD, is former professor of parasitology at Murray State University; director of parasitology at Merck & Co., Inc.; and vice president and global head of animal health at DuPont. He has published over a hundred scientific articles and discovered such antiparasitic drugs as eprinomectin in Eprinex and afoxalaner in NexGard. Shoop has also identified and photographed over a thousand species of flora and fauna in Mississippi. Wes will discuss his new book, Mississippi’s Natural Heritage: Photographs of Flora and Fauna which glorifies in the plants and animals of the state. All 400 photographs featured were taken by Wes in LeFleur’s Bluff State Park which exemplifies the biota of Mississippi with over a thousand species of flora and fauna being identified. Wes will discuss the fascinating microcosm of Mississippi’s ecological community within the park.
LOCATION: Clinton Community Nature Center, 617 Dunton Road, Clinton, MS 39056. Phone: 601 926-1104
JUNE 1, 2024
Saturday 8am-10am
FIRST SATURDAY LEFLEUR’S BLUFF STATE PARK FAMILY BIRD WALK
Campground Entrance off Lakeland Drive, Jackson
Meet at Picnic area
LEADER: BILLY MITCHELL
$2.00 park entrance fee per person (new fee policy)
JULY 2024
NO SATURDAY LBSP FAMILY BIRD WALK
AUG 2024
NO SATURDAY LBSP FAMILY BIRD WALK