Schedule:

Phinizy Swamp
For Georgia Bird Fest Patrons Only

(Note: There is a second non-patron event for Phinizy on May 4)

8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Leader: Peter Stangel and Kathy Harte
Location: Augusta, GA (Richmond County)
Limited to 20 participants
Cost: $35/person
Difficulty Level: Easy – walking on grassy or gravel berms and hard-packed paths. No wheelchairs or strollers (we do have one staircase to go down)

Minutes from downtown Augusta, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park offers you the chance to see wetland and forest-dwelling species, such as Great Blue Heron, Red-shouldered Hawk, Painted Bunting, and American alligator, in their natural habitats. This trip will take you on a 2.5 mile loop to explore a diversity of birds and their habitats!

This trip is co-hosted with Augusta-Aiken Audubon Society.

Birding at Nash Farm
For Georgia Bird Fest Patrons Only

2 spot remains!

8:00 to 11:30 AM
Leader: Malcolm Hodges
Limited to 12 participants
Cost: $35/person
Location: Nash Farm Battlefield Park, 100 Babbs Mill Rd, Hampton, GA 30228 (Henry County)
Difficulty Level: Easy walking is along old farm roads or through mowed pasture.

The old farm is now mowed pastures with scattered trees and edges of forest. We will see birds of grass and shrublands such as hawks, sparrows, Indigo Buntings, Blue Grosbeak, Prairie Warbler, and hopefully Sedge Wren and an arriving Yellow-breasted Chat or two, as well as a smattering of forest birds.