LAST CHANCE to register for our Fall Flyway Festival Round Robin in Athens!

Registration closes at 5 PM today, Monday, September 14 ⌛️ Our Round Robin is the signature event of this year’s Fall Flyway Festival, celebrating birds and the native plants the fuel fall migration! 🌱 Friday evening | 6:00 PM Join us at Sunrise Nursery for “Snack Like a Bird (without the worms!)” to shop for native plants and local art and learn more about Georgia's native plants. 🐦 Saturday | State Botanical Garden of Georgia Spend the day exploring the connections between birds and native plants! Choose from hands-on morning sessions from 8:00 to 9:30 AM, including a guided bird walk, plant walk, bird banding demonstration, and a meet & greet with author and biologist David George Haskell (for patrons). Throughout the day, shop for native plants and connect with partners including UGA’s Rushing Lab, Georgia Native Seed Network, @nabluebirdsociety, @lillybranchbirdclub, @oconeeriversaudubon, @georgiawildlife, @athens_gnps, @gaforestryfdn, @fbc.athens, @beechhollowfarms, @oconee_river_land_trust, and @birdstrikesuga. Hear from experts working at the intersection of birds, plants, and habitat: 🌿 Heather Alley will highlight the best Georgia native plants for birds 🌲 Lauren Gingerella will share how habitat restoration, through longleaf pine management and the rewilding of a former golf course, shapes bird communities in the Southeast 🧠 Gabe Andrle will put your bird and plant knowledge to the test during lunchtime trivia, with prizes up for grabs 🎤 @davidgeorgehaskell will close out the day with a keynote exploring the long relationship between birds and flowering plants and how conservation can help sustain these connections into the future Join us for this special Fall Flyway Festival weekend in Athens! Register by 5 PM today at the link in our bio ➡️