September is for the birds!
American Goldfinch on purple coneflower, by Dan Vickers.
This September, Georgia Audubon will celebrate the third annual Georgia Grows Native for Birds Month, a celebration of Georgia's native plants and the key role they play for birds and other wildlife. The biggest threat to birds in Georgia is habitat loss. As urbanization increases and natural habitats disappear, native plants can go a long way to restoring the habitat birds need. Fortunately, we can provide birds with high quality resources simply through thoughtful landscaping utilizing native plants.
Learn more about our upcoming digital and in-person events below.
Learn more about our upcoming digital and in-person events below.
A look at September events
Georgia Audubon and Oconee Rivers Audubon Collaborating on Fall Native Plant Sale
Accepting Orders: September 1 to 18
Pickup Dates: Atlanta (September 25 and 26) or Athens (September 26)
As part of our annual Georgia Grows Native for Birds Month, Georgia Audubon and Oconee Rivers Audubon, in Athens, will be collaborating on a fall native plant sale. We will partner with Beech Hollow Wildlife Farms to bring you a large selection of bird-friendly, native plants for your landscape. Plants may be ordered online from September 1 to 18, and we will have pickup dates in late September at Blue Heron Nature Preserve (Atlanta) and at Beech Hollow Wildflower Farms in Lexington. Please select a pickup location when you purchase plants.
Accepting Orders: September 1 to 18
Pickup Dates: Atlanta (September 25 and 26) or Athens (September 26)
As part of our annual Georgia Grows Native for Birds Month, Georgia Audubon and Oconee Rivers Audubon, in Athens, will be collaborating on a fall native plant sale. We will partner with Beech Hollow Wildlife Farms to bring you a large selection of bird-friendly, native plants for your landscape. Plants may be ordered online from September 1 to 18, and we will have pickup dates in late September at Blue Heron Nature Preserve (Atlanta) and at Beech Hollow Wildflower Farms in Lexington. Please select a pickup location when you purchase plants.
Gray Catbird on American Beautyberry, by Will Stuart.
Virtual 2020 Wildlife Sanctuary Tour
Sunday, September 13
3:30 PM
via Webinar
Tickets: $10 per device for Georgia Audubon members / $12 per device for non-members
This year's Wildlife Sanctuary Tour is going to look a little different due to COVID-19. Instead of an in-person tour, we'll be offering a virtual tour with Gabe Andrle, Habitat Conservation Program Coordinator, giving us a virtual tour of some of our great Wildlife Sanctuaries to show how you can transform your yard into a sanctuary for birds and other wildlife. Each property featured has been certified by Georgia Audubon as a Wildlife Sanctuary because it provides four essential criteria for attracting birds and other wildlife: food sources (at least 50% native plants), nesting sites, shelter, and water sources.
In addition, we have arranged with the property owners to be on the call as well so that our guests may ask them specific questions about their properties and how they went about building their wildlife sanctuaries. Read more about our featured properties or purchase tickets on our Sanctuary Tour page.
Please note, ticket prices are per device and you may have multiple people viewing on the same device. Your registration link is unique, however, and will only work on one device.
WEBINAR: NATURE'S BEST HOPE WITH DOUG TALLAMY
Thursday, September 17, 2020
7:00 PM
Georgia Audubon is thrilled to welcome award-winning author and entomologist Doug Tallamy for a webinar on the evening of September 17. This is an amazing opportunity to hear Doug’s message of hope and to learn how we all can be part of the solution to address declining biodiversity and save birds, too.
About the Presentation:
Recent headlines about global insect declines, the impending extinction of one million species worldwide, and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reality check about how ineffective our current landscape designs have been at sustaining the plants and animals that sustain us. Such losses are not an option if we wish to continue our current standard of living on Planet Earth. The good news is that none of this is inevitable. Tallamy will discuss simple steps that each of us can and must take to reverse declining biodiversity and will explain why we, ourselves, are nature’s best hope.
Click here to learn more or purchase tickets.
Thursday, September 17, 2020
7:00 PM
Georgia Audubon is thrilled to welcome award-winning author and entomologist Doug Tallamy for a webinar on the evening of September 17. This is an amazing opportunity to hear Doug’s message of hope and to learn how we all can be part of the solution to address declining biodiversity and save birds, too.
About the Presentation:
Recent headlines about global insect declines, the impending extinction of one million species worldwide, and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reality check about how ineffective our current landscape designs have been at sustaining the plants and animals that sustain us. Such losses are not an option if we wish to continue our current standard of living on Planet Earth. The good news is that none of this is inevitable. Tallamy will discuss simple steps that each of us can and must take to reverse declining biodiversity and will explain why we, ourselves, are nature’s best hope.
Click here to learn more or purchase tickets.
