Jackson Audubon
Bird Field Trip and Chapter Program Calendar
DECEMBER 2015 – OCTOBER 2016
All Events Are Free & Open to the Public
(Lefleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walks are scheduled every first Saturday of the month except
January, July and August. Four Chapter Meetings are held per year: February, May, Aug, & Oct on the 4th
Tuesday of the month.)
DECEMBER 5, 2015
Saturday, 8am-10am
First Saturday LeFleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walk
Campground Entrance off Lakeland
Meet at Picnic area
Leader: Chris King, JAS Birder
$4.04 park entrance fee per vehicle
DECEMBER 26, 2015
Saturday after Christmas
CBC – Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Around the Barnet Rez
Compiler: Mary Stripling
Contact Mary at 601-832-6788 if you would like to participate.
(There will be a tally up supper following the count at dusk. Always fun with good food.)
JANUARY 2016
No First Saturday LeFleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walk in January
JANUARY 16, 2016
Saturday Field Trip and Special Waterfowl Workshop
Meet at Visitor Station at 7:45; departs at 8am til Noon.
Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Yazoo County.
Leader: Dave King, Ph.D., JAS Birder
Limited number of participants (10) (Call 850.232.8219 to reserve a spot)
Location: Meet at Panther Swamp Refuge Visitor Information Station located at 12595 MS Hwy I-49 (NOT
49E or 49W) 12 miles east of Yazoo City. 1 hr north of Jackson and Vicksburg. Go to Yazoo City, take I-49
toward Louise, MS and go about 12 miles (10 minutes) to Refuge Headquarters. You will pass Erickson Road.
Follow refuge signs and refuge road is on the left, if coming from Yazoo City. If coming from Yazoo and you
pass Hwy 16 you have gone too far. Google: 12595 MS I-49, Louise, MS for map to refuge. DO NOT
GOOGLE “PANTHER SWAMP.”
FEBRUARY 6, 2016
Saturday, 8am-10am
First Saturday LeFleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walk
Campground Entrance off Lakeland
Meet at Picnic area
Leader: Judy Shearer, JAS Birder
$4.04 park entrance fee per vehicle
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
JAS QUARTERLY CHAPTER MEETING
4th Tuesday
Meet & Greet: 6:30pm
Business Meeting: 6:45pm
(slate of officers for May election will be presented)
PROGRAM: MINIWORKSHOP ON LEARNING BIRDSONGS
Presenter: Chris King, JAS President
Place: Welty Public Library, 300 N. State Street, Jackson
MARCH 5, 2016
Saturday, 8am-10am
First Saturday LeFleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walk
Campground Entrance off Lakeland
Meet at Picnic area
Leader: Chris King, JAS Birder
$4.04 park entrance fee per vehicle
MARCH 19, 2016
Saturday Bird Field Trip 8am-noon
Roosevelt State Park at Morton, MS 39117
Directions: travel I-20 between Jackson and Meridian; exit at exit #77; go north on Hwy 13 for ½ mile; turn left
into park. (Pack a lunch for a picnic by the lake.)
Leader: Mary Stripling, Vice Prez, JAS
APRIL 2, 2016
Saturday, 8am-10am
First Saturday LeFleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walk
Campground Entrance off Lakeland
Meet at Picnic area
Leader: Dave King, Ph.D., JAS Birder
$4.04 park entrance fee per vehicle
APRIL 9, 2016
Saturday Bird Field Trip: 7:45-NOON
Annual Spring Migration Field Trip
Vicksburg National Military Park.
Meet in Military Park Parking Lot for carpooling OR meet at Clinton McDonald’s for carpooling at 7am
Leader: Joan & Doug Clark OR Chris King, President, JAS & Expert JAS Birders
Look for warblers, tanagers, thrushes, orioles, flycatchers and many more. Newly arrived migrants will be
singing and setting up nesting territories.
Park fee per vehicle: $8.00
MAY 7, 2016
Saturday, 8am-10am
First Saturday LeFleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walk
Campground Entrance off Lakeland
Meet at Picnic area
Leader: Pullen Watkins, JAS Birder
$4.04 park entrance fee per vehicle
MAY 21, 2016
Saturday: 8:00 a.m.-Noon
Saturday Bird Field Trip and Bird Banding Demo
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana
Science in Action: Refuge MAPs Bird Banding Program demo plus birding the Refuge. Watch and learn as
your favorite refuge birds are captured in mist nets, examined, weighted, and banded. The refuge banding
station operates in part with Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program.
LOCATION: The Refuge is located in Louisiana just across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg. Take Hwy
20 to Vicksburg and cross the river at Vicksburg. Follow Hwy 20 and exit at Tallulah (exit 171). Turn right
onto Hwy 65 North and drive approximately 2 miles into Tallulah. Turn left between the courthouse and
Popeyes onto Hwy 80 West. After approximately 7 miles, turn left onto Quebec Road. Follow Quebec Road for
approximately 11 miles and the visitor center and headquarters are on the left.
Leader: Erin Cox, Assistant Refuge Manager
MAY 24, 2016
JAS ANNUAL CHAPTER MEETING & POTLUCK SUPPER
4th Tuesday
Meet & Greet: 6:30p
Business Meeting & Election of Officers: 6:45pm
PROGRAM: TBA (something interesting about birds-JR is an awesome speaker)
SPEAKER: J.R. Rigby, Co-founder and Secretary, Delta Wind Birds
Place: Welty Public Library, 300 N. State Street, Jackson
JUNE 4, 2016
Saturday, 8am-10am
First Saturday LeFleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walk
Campground Entrance off Lakeland
Meet at Picnic area
Leader: Chris King, President of JAS & Birder
$4.04 park entrance fee per vehicle
JUNE 15 – 19, 2016
JAS/Millsaps Bird Camp for Kids
Leader: Chris King, Expert JAS Birder, JAS President and Education Chair
TO REGISTER: Contact Millsaps College Enrichment Series
Call: JAS (601/832-6788) or Millsaps (601) 974-1130 for details or go to
http://www.millsaps.edu/news_events/enrichment_series.php to register online
SPONSORS: Millsaps Community Enrichment Series / Jackson Audubon Society / WildBirds Unlimited /
Audubon MS
JULY 2016
No First Saturday LeFleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walk in July.
AUGUST 2016
No First Saturday LeFleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walk in August.
AUGUST 23, 2016
JAS QUARTERLY CHAPTER MEETING
4th Tuesday
Meet & Greet: 6:30pm
Business Meeting: 6:45pm
PROGRAM: MINI-WORKSHOP : INTRODUCTION TO SHOREBIRD ID & MIGRATION in
preparation for Shorebird Field Trip Sep 10 (see field trip description below.)
Presenter: Dave King, PhD, Corps of Engineers, Environmental Lab
Place: Welty Public Library, 300 N. State Street, Jackson
SEPTEMBER 3, 2016
Saturday, 8am-10am
First Saturday LeFleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walk
Campground Entrance off Lakeland
Meet at Picnic area
Leader: Reese and Louise Partridge, JAS Birders
$4.04 park entrance fee per vehicle
SEPTEMBER 10, 2016
Saturday Bird Field Trip, 7:30am
St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge, south of Natchez.
It’s Shorebird Migration! Each year, millions of shorebirds migrate in waves through Mississippi from their
breeding grounds in Alaska and northern Canada to their wintering grounds farther south—some traveling
thousands of miles every year. Because these birds travel in large concentrated groups and since they need
specific stop-over habitat where they can stop to rest and feed they can create quite a spectacle at these pitstops. St. Catherine Creek NWR has great stop-over habitat for migrating shorebirds that follow the Mississippi
River. There will also be lots of Wood Storks, several kinds of ibis and Roseate Spoonbills.
LOCATION: off Hwy 61, south of Natchez at Sibley, MS
Meet: at the Refuge HQ just past the Kiosk at 7:30, we will leave at 8:00 am.
Google Refuge for map and directions.
Leader: Chris King, JAS President & Birder
OCTOBER 1, 2016
Saturday, 8am-10am
First Saturday LeFleur’s Bluff State Park Family Bird Walk
Campground Entrance off Lakeland
Meet at Picnic area
Leader: Pullen Watkins, JAS Birder
$4.04 park entrance fee per vehicle
OCTOBER 25, 2016
JAS QUARTERLY CHAPTER MEETING
4th Tuesday
Meet & Greet: 6:30pm
Business Meeting: 6:45pm
PROGRAM: SUMMER & WINTER HUMMERS
SPEAKER: Fred Bassett, Hummingbird Bander. Fred is a certified master bird bander who has worked with birds for
over twenty years. Fred travels each summer to study hummingbirds in western states and has done research in Alaska and Canada.
Fred has banded more than 35,000 hummingbirds in more than 1,000 locations from Miami, Florida to Haines, Alaska. During the
winter he documents western hummingbirds wintering in south Alabama and Florida, and the last fifteen winters he has captured more
than 2,000 hummingbirds of ten different species in that area.
Place: Welty Public Library, 300 N. State Street, Jackson
WebSite: JacksonAudubonSociety.org
Phone: 850.232.8219 OR 601.832.6788