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Okatibbee Creek chapter meeting will be Monday 7:00 pm at the Trinity Presbyterian Church in
FIELD TRIP!!!
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June 21st field trip to Harrell's Prairie in Forest with the Jackson AS. Trip will be led by Judy Shearer, a biologist with the Corps of Engineers. We will meet them at the Prairie at 9 am. Anyone wanting to ride with me (Nancy Donald), give me a call at 601-527-1746. We'll meet at Trinity at 7:45 and leave the church by 8. Harrel's Prairie is a remnant of MS blackland prairie located in Bienville National Forest. June is prime wildflower viewing. We should also see prairie warblers, indigo buntings, blue grosbeaks, yellow-breasted chats and common yellowthroats and possibly quail. Bring sunscreen, water, snack lunch, insect repellent, binox and the enthusiasm to endure sweltering hot MS summer weather just for the sheer joy of being outside!
Photo of Mississippi Kite at Susan and Tom Junkins house, Martin, MS (north of Collinsville), May 12, 2008.
Our thoughts and prayers go to the family of R.L. Richardson, president of the Okatibbee Creek Audubon Society, who recently passed away.
Check
the SIGHTINGS page for new birds and questions about hummers. And what's this? 
Photo by Braxton Barden (Look on the Sightings page for an answer.)
The GBBC results are in. Please go online and read all about it! OCAS' Projects page has a brief summary of Howard Malone's sightings. Anybody else want to post?
The Okatibbee Creek Audubon Society
held the annual Christmas Bird Count on January 5, 2008.
I've posted the new totals on the Projects page. You might like comparing the
list to last year's, so I'm leaving it up, too.
Please contact Daniel Burns (see below) with sightings and news for the next newsletter.
The photo at right was taken by Ruth Ann & Lomax Rosamond.
Daniel Burns will be accepting sightings and items for the newsletter. burnsh1@bellsouth.net He will forward on to me (Sheila) anything that needs to be posted on the website. Or you may send sightings directly to me as you always have.
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