ighlands Plateau Audubon Society serves the Highlands, Cashiers, Franklin and Scaly Mountain communities with a mission to provide opportunities to enjoy and learn about birds and other wildlife. The Highlands Plateau is recognized as an Important Bird Area by The National Audubon Society. Several birding field trips and educational opportunities are planned for this summer. Beginner’s bird walks will be held the first Saturday of the month through September, and all birders are welcome on the free field trips. If not otherwise indicated, carpool from the parking area behind Highlands Town Hall. All walks begin at 7:30 a.m. and are canceled in rain or heavy fog. Binoculars and field guides will be available to share. For more information, email brockhutchins@bellsouth.net. Visit the audubon society on the web at www.highlandsaudubonsociety.org.
Field Trips
June 14: trip to Lonesome Valley in Sapphire led by Romney Bathurst (Carpool from Cashiers Recreation Center parking lot at 7:30 a.m.) to see migrant wood warblars June 21: Bartram Trail Hike led by Brock Hutchins to look for breeding warblers and tanagers (Highlands) June 28: Rich Gap Road to see tanagers, warblers, led by Romney Bathurst (Highlands) July 5: Beginner’s Bird Walk, TBD July 18: Mountain Wildlife Days in Sapphire Valley, bird walk led by Romney Bathurst (meet at 7:30 a.m. at Cashiers-Glenville Recreation Center parking lot) Aug. 2: Beginner’s Bird Walk, led by Russ Regnery and David Thorne Sept. 6: Beginner’s Bird Walk to Turtle Pond Road led by Brock Hutchins (Highlands) Sept. 20: Charlie Davis Memorial Field Trip to Blue Ridge Parkway led by Hutchins and Bathurst (meet at 7 a.m., Highlands)
Photos by Romney Bathurst
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