Strawberry Plains

Strawberry Plains Audubon Center is a 2600-acre nature sanctuary. We work for future generations of clean water, abundant wildlife and a legacy of stewardship.

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This #WorldWaterDay, Audubon is launching a new initiative in the Lower Mississippi River region, identifying nearly 50 million acres across multiple states as the most important places for birds and people. https://t.co/bj4ycRg2dX

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Lunch & Learn: Birds of the Magnolia State! We have another amazing SPAC webinar lined up today at 12 pm on our facebook LIVE page or the Zoom registration link on our page. This live webinar presentation, with SPAC… https://t.co/5ygKlRJ483

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Spring migration has begun, and birds like the Piping Plover are making the journey from the Gulf of Mexico to nesting sites across the U.S. 10 years after the BP oil disaster, Audubon is working to protect the birds… https://t.co/fdYUqqnJGC

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A nod to emergence and renewal on this stormy day, Red Buckeye, Aesculus pavia, are the harbinger of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds arrival, among our many neo-tropical migrants.
Our thoughts and compassion go out to… https://t.co/0GaFznWG6d

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Downy Wood Violet, Viola pubescens, is one of many brilliant spring ephemeral wildflowers of our woodlands. The flowers and leaves of violets are high in vitamins A and C (pound for pound the blossoms have more… https://t.co/SQUKfDZ8ix

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The native honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, is always a sight to behold, particularly uncultivated and ‘in the wild’. A favorite of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds #spaudubon #msaudubon @ Chewalla Lake Recreation Area https://t.co/p9F2bHOiRR

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MS Hill Country phenology: “Crappie start biting when the dogwoods bloom” #spaudubon #msaudubon #plantsforbirds @ Strawberry Plains Audubon Center https://t.co/AxaXZd4idV

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Does being indoors have you wanting to stand on your head?!
Take the advice of SPAC volunteer, Kendall, and participate in some outdoor social distancing!
Research shows that exposure to forests boosts our immune… https://t.co/RBMW7DfnIp

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It’s your lunchtime quiz: Who’s That Warbler?!?
Today’s candidates are the Yellow-throated Warbler and Louisiana Waterthrush, two early migrants that breed at SPAC and have quite similar songs. Conservation Education… https://t.co/kKATUZbmPM

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The Bloody Butcher, Toadshade, Reflexed or Prairie Trillium, and Bloody Noses are just a few of the folk/common names for Trillium recurvatum.
Unlike the Prairie name suggests, recurvatum is found in the rich,… https://t.co/hFGeHJ2VFg

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Sweet Betsy, Bloddy Butcher, Purple Toadshade, Whippoorwill Flower, and Wood Lily are just a short list of the common, folk names for Trillium cuneatum, the largest and most vigorous of the sessile trilliums native… https://t.co/dwK3IM0hDY

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Despite the grey rain, there’s colors to be found in every season, and this late March afternoon was no exception. Redbud, Cercis canadensis, is in full glory, radiant and otherworldly among a slowly greening,… https://t.co/FxvTDjixG4

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An amazing day of discovery back in early March with our Salamanders & Transitional Habitats program. We had great luck in finding adult Red Spotted Newt, Spotted and Marbled salamanders. Though most Spotted egg… https://t.co/0CRxfPgc0x

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Session 2 of our Naturalist Course last week, Mississippi Mud: Geology and Paleontology of our State. George Phillips, Paleontology Curator at MS Museum of Natural Science, began with a program on Geology 101, the… https://t.co/bXFGIIT8ap

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The hummingbirds are coming.
Red Buckeye, Aesculus pavia #spaudubon @ Strawberry Plains Audubon Center https://t.co/5ylPu8iSsZ

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The 20th session of our Audubon Naturalists course is off and running with our largest class to date! We began last week with a presentation by Fraser Livingston, PhD History candidate at MSU’s Center for History of… https://t.co/L8efHANWOf

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The rain held off for a morning exploration of our vernal ponds with Fun-Schooling Nature Coop. The kids did amazing, helping respectfully sample a variety of animals including eggs and juvenile Spotted Salamanders,… https://t.co/ysiq11Ej7q

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Another great turn out for our Winter Sparrow Workshop with over 30 participants. As always, Delta Wind Bird’s JR Rigby was in his element, giving a fascinating presentation before leading the group out to practice… https://t.co/M6TYFSYbYU

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An amazing gathering on Saturday for Woodcocks & Wine, with over 60 folks supporting on-the-ground habitat conservation for shorebirds in the MS Delta with our dear partners, Delta Wind Birds deltawindbirds.
The… https://t.co/qXBOzi5vLD

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Though the daffodils are blooming, Father Winter paid us a brief visit last Thursday night. It will be another interesting year for our spring ephemeral spring and early flowering trees. #spaudubon #plantsforbirds @… https://t.co/ONx6a3j2bL