Birding Kingsport - December Update

[Betty Bailey]

Six members birded at Phipps Bend on November 17. We enjoyed the sunny day! We saw a bunch of frost flowers (picture attached) not far down the trail. We tallied 36 species, most notably a Northern Harrier and an adult Bald Eagle.

 

Sign up for our Wheeler National Wildlife field trip BY DECEMBER 8, 2025. Accommodations at both hotels are limited. Email Susan Hubley to sign up and ask questions.

 

December 13 – Christmas social from 3:00-4:30 p.m. at the fellowship hall at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church. RSVP to Betty (if you haven’t already) so we can plan the amount of food. Menu will be chicken salad croissants, cheese tray, pecan cranberry rolls, sausage balls, chips & dip, and desserts. Bring your own drink and remember adult beverages are allowed.

 

December 18 – Audubon’s 126^th Annual Christmas Bird Count – Come out and join a team or monitor a feeder watch at your home. All levels of interest are welcome. RSVP to Betty. The CBC began in 1900, and the hemispheric bird count is one of the longest-running formal community science projects. Over 83,100 volunteers participated in the last Christmas Bird Count, surveying 2,693 circles (unique local groups) and counting over 44 million birds representing over 2,500 species.

 

It’s time to collect dues for next year. A separate email was sent on November 26.

 

Wilderness Wildlife Week is January 5-8 in Pigeon Forge.

Info

 

Our January monthly meeting will be on the 27^th. The program will be presented by Mark Armstrong of East Tennessee Avian Research, Inc.

 

Birding Kingsport will host the Spring TOS Meeting on May 1-3. Attached is the registration form. We hope you will mark your calendars and plan to join us.