Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Walk•About: Seven Islands



This week’s Ijams Walk•About will be at Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge. The topic is birds of prey.

The Walk•About is scheduled for Saturday, March 19 at 3 p.m. I will be the group leader.

Seven Islands is on the eastern edge of Knox County. Every bird of prey found locally—including bald eagle, Northern saw-whet owl and barn owl—can be found there, albeit at different times of the year and different times of the day. (Finding a saw-whet owl at 3 o'clock on a Saturday afternoon in March would be close to impossible; at 2 a.m. in November, well your chances would go way up.)

The program is free for Ijams members, $5 for non-members. Call 577-4717 ext. 10 to register.



- Photograph of red-tailed hawk being mobbed by crows by Wayne Mallinger.



- Special thanks to all who attended last Saturday's Walk•About along Ten Mile Creek Greenway led by guest naturalist Rikki Hall.


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