words and photos by Melissa McMasters A huge part of Overton Park Conservancy’s mission is connecting the people of Memphis, so it’s hard to accept that one of the kindest things we can do for each other–particularly for the most vulnerable among us–is to keep
Now that Bucks for Birds is over, I wanted to share my favorite photo of each species that I captured over the past few weeks. In many cases, my favorite photo was not the one I initially posted (thanks for coming through, summer tanager!). I’ve
It’s time for the final set of birds in our April Bucks for Birds promotion, and we saved our most fascinating visitors for last. Over the past couple of weeks, I spotted nine different warblers, which brings our final tally to 54 species photographed in
We’ve officially reached the end of April’s Bucks for Birds campaign! Spring migration continues, so I’ll be doing a wrap-up with some of my favorite photos in a few weeks, most of which are quite different than the ones I’ve posted so far. (The wood
This has been the most productive week of Bucks for Birds so far, so much so that I’m going to split it into a couple of posts. We’ll save the warblers for next time and just dive right in to the less-flashy migrants and some
This has been the most challenging week yet of Bucks for Birds. For one thing, working to raise a million dollars in two months has confined most of my bird-spotting to my spare time! But when I do get out, I can hear so many
In the quest to see as many bird species as possible, I took three walks in the Old Forest this weekend and then made it my first stop on Monday morning. On the first walk, I was accompanied by several nice folks as part of
And we’re off! If you’re just joining us, we at Overton Park Conservancy are using the month of April to highlight two important components of the Old Forest: the birds that pass through during spring migration, and the invasive plant species that we’re working to eradicate.
This spring, we’re attacking two invasive plant species in the Old Forest–nandina and mahonia–and we need your help to do it! Because both plants’ seeds are spread by birds, and nandina’s toxic berries can actually poison and kill them, we decided to let the birds
Today was the final day of the 2017 Great Backyard Bird Count, an annual citizen-science effort presented by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. So far during this four-day event, more than 100,000 checklists have been submitted from all over the
