Promoting the preservation and restoration of wildlife habitat through environmental activism and community education. Athens, GA
Show Instant Engagement Rate Join us tonight for our monthly meeting! Lauren Muller, the director of the Northeast Georgia Invasive Plant Cooperative will be discussing how to control invasive plants within our communities, which can help foster better and more natural habitats for birds! Sandy Creek Nature Center, 7:00pm...hope to see you there! . . . . . #plants #science #lecture #audubon #audubonsociety #privet #invasivespecies #habitat #habitatrestoration #restoration #athens #athensgeorgia #georgia #oconeeriversaudubon 5:14pm 04/04/2019 0 28
Show Instant Engagement Rate We are accepting applications for our Spring Conservation Grants! For more information, check out our website oconeeriversaudubonsociety.org/grants . Raven drawing by @henryca23 . . . . . . #grants #conservation #drawing #art #artist #nature #audubon #audubonsociety #raven #oras #athens #athensiloveyou #science #research #natureart #naturelovers #doodles #birds #putabirdonit 5:18pm 02/05/2019 1 28
Show Instant Engagement Rate Join us for our February meeting, where Kristen Lear, a graduate student at UGA, will be giving a wonderful talk on bats! February 7th at 7:00PM and the Sandy Creek Nature Center. Hope to see you there! Illustration by our own @henryca23 . . . . . #bats #talk #conservation #lecture #education #scienceeducation #outreach #communityoutreach #audubon #athens #athensga #athensiloveyou #oconeeriversaudubon #audubonsociety #illustration #natureillustration #drawing 7:33pm 01/31/2019 1 42
Show Instant Engagement Rate Happy Friday, ORAS community! We’ll be having our November meeting this coming Thursday, November 1st, at the Sandy Creek Nature Center at 7:00PM. We’re excited to be hosting André Gallant, author of “A High Low Tide: The Revival of a Southern Oyster,” who will be talking to us about oysters, aquaculture, and fisher-folk of the Georgia coast! We hope to see you there! As usual, illustrations courtesy of @henryca23 . . . . . #audubon #audubonsociety #athens #athensgeorgia #athensiloveyou #georgiaonmymind #oysters #fishing #naturalresources #fish #food #resources #conservation #management #wildlife #nature #science #education 4:01pm 10/26/2018 0 30
Show Instant Engagement Rate Afternoon, ORAS community! This Thursday, October 4th at 7:00PM, is our monthly meeting and we're excited to have Andrew Saunders of the Athens-Clarke County Sustainability Office join us to discuss the exciting work that he and his department are doing around Athens-Clarke County, including working with sustainable energy and protecting green spaces. We'll be at the Sandy Creek Nature Center. Hope to see you there! . . . . . #outreach #sustainability #iloveathens #athensiloveyou #athensgeorgia #georgiaonmymind #conservation #education #scienceducation #outreach #leaf #nature #natureart #sketch #drawing #doodle #mapleleaf #birds #habitat #ecology #ecosystems 9:12pm 10/01/2018 0 38
Show Instant Engagement Rate Afternoon, ORAS community! Applications for our Fall 2018 Conservation Grant are officially open through October 31st. Visit http://www.oconeeriversaudubon.org/grant for more information! . Artwork by our own @henryca23 . . . . . #raven #grant #education #athensga #athensgeorgia #georgia #athensiloveyou #grants #funds #audubonsociety #audubon #oras #art #wildlifeart #sketch #drawing #crow #corvid #caw #penandink #nature #natureart 7:08pm 09/26/2018 0 34
Show Instant Engagement Rate Show Instant Engagement Rate Interested in getting your backyard certified as a wildlife sanctuary? ORAS and our friends at @wildbirdsunlimitedofathens has a program that can help you get your backyard up to snuff and certified! Goldfinch and coneflower by @henryca23 . . . . . . . #birds #outreach #wildlife #greenspaces #urbanwildlife #sanctuary #birding #nature #naurelovers #athens #iloveathens #athensiloveyou #outreach #education #birdwatching #science #conservation #natureart #artwork #drawing #goldfinch #purpleconeflower #penink #wildlifeart Wild Birds Unlimited 3:09pm 09/22/2018 0 57
Show Instant Engagement Rate Tomorrow, our dear friend, Ed Maioriello, will be leading a bird walk at the GA Botanical Garden! The walk will start at 8:00AM and last about 3-4 hours. The group will meet at the Day Chapel parking lot. Our walks are always free and open to the public, so come join us! If you have any questions, shoot Ed an email: fieldtrip@oconeeriversaudubon.org ~ artwork by our board member @henryca23 . . . . . . #oras #oconeeriversaudubon #audubon #audubonsociety #society #publicpitreach #science #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturelovers #naturewalker #naturewalk #education #optoutside #natureart #wildlifeart #wildlife #nature #ornithology #athens #athensiloveyou 5:28pm 09/14/2018 0 54
Show Instant Engagement Rate Hello ORAS community! Just a reminder that our kickoff meeting is THIS Thursday, September 6th at 6:30 in the Odum School of Ecology’s Auditorium. We will be holding a silent auction and providing refreshments prior to an amazing talk by Tim Keyes and Abby Sterling on shorebird conservation. All proceeds from the silent auction and bar tips will be donated to Time Keyes’ youth birding competition and the Georgia Bight Shorebird Conservation Initiative. If you have items to donate to the silent auction they are more than welcome! Please bring those to the meeting on Thursday; we will have auction information sheets. We hope to see you there! . . . . . #iloveathens #athensga #georgia #georgiaonmymind #shorebird #birds #birdconservation #conservation #ecology #audubon #audubonsociety #lecture #learning #avian #nature #sketch #art #doodle #digitalart #event #community Odum School of Ecology 3:14pm 09/04/2018 0 28
Show Instant Engagement Rate Greetings ORAS community! We hope that you've all had fantastic summers. We're VERY excited for another season of excellent meetings, talks, events, and the like! Please join us for our Kick-Off Meeting on September 6th at 6:30PM in the Odum School of Ecology Auditorium. Tim Keyes and Abby Sterling will be presenting on Shorebird Conservation. Refreshments will be provided and a silent auction will precede the talk. Hope to see you there! . . . . . #shorebirds #birds #audubon #conservation #putabirdonit #athens #athensiloveyou #athensgeorgia #activism #environment #environmentaleducation #education #teaching #ornithology #oceans #redknots #dnr #georgiadnr 5:39pm 08/20/2018 0 51
Show Instant Engagement Rate Join us for our summer potluck and officer elections this Thursday, June 7th at Memorial Park! bring a covered dish to share and enjoy an evening of socializing ORAS style! . . . . . #oconee #oconeeriver #audubonsociety #meeting #meetup #athens #athensga #athensiloveyou #birds #conservation #science #outreach 7:03pm 06/05/2018 0 33
Show Instant Engagement Rate Join us tonight for a talk by Hans Neuhaser about the conservation of Wright Whales!! Not exactly a bird, but VERY cool none the less!! Tonight, 7PM, Sandy Creek Nature Center. . . . . . #sandycreeknaturecenter #nature #wildlife #conservation #whales #wrightwhales #talks #scienceeducation #education #audubonsociety #society #athensiloveyou #athensga georgia Sandy Creek Nature Center 3:05pm 05/03/2018 0 21
Show Instant Engagement Rate Join us tomorrow for our April meeting! Betsy Kurimo-Beechuck, a research coordinator and grad school graduate of UGA, will be discussing her work with secretive marsh birds!! . . . . . #clapperrail #rail #marsh #marshbirds #research #audubon #audubonsociety #monthlymeeting #outreach #education #environment #ornithology #environmentaleducation #teaching #athens #iloveathens #oconeeriver #athensiloveyou #athensga #georgiaonmymind 11:53pm 04/04/2018 0 38
Show Instant Engagement Rate Join us Thursday for our monthly meeting! Christine Fortuin, a UGA PhD Student, will be discussing the importance wild bees to forest health!! The meeting will be at 7:00pm at the Sandy Creek Nature Center; refreshments provided! 📷 by our board member @henryca23 . . . . . #bees #ecology #oras #oconeeriversaudubon #audubonsociety #athens #athensga #iloveathens #forest #foresthealth #entomology #photography #wildlife #conservation #education #outreach #lecture #uga 7:50pm 02/27/2018 1 35
Show Instant Engagement Rate Join us this Saturday, February 17th, for this year’s Great Backyard Birdcount! The event will kick off at 9:00am at the Sandy Creek Nature Center, our fantastic co-host! Many of our officers will be leading bird-walks and keeping records for the count. Come and join the birding fun! . . . . . #bird #audubon #birding #birdwatching #birdnerd #audubonsociety #audubon #athens #athensiloveyou #familyfun #saturday #backyardbirdcount #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #athensga 7:39pm 02/15/2018 0 40
Show Instant Engagement Rate Join us for a Nandina berry-removal party this Sunday!! Nandina berries can be toxic to birds when eaten in large quantities, so this will help make UGA campus even more avian-friendly! And don’t forget to come to our monthly meeting TONIGHT at 7PM, Sandy Creek Nature Center! . . . . #audubon #nandina #conservation #bird #conservationwork #birdnerds #avian #uga #athens #athensga #athensiloveyou #oconeeriversaudubon #localconservation #botanicals #berries 6:07pm 02/01/2018 1 36
Show Instant Engagement Rate Our meeting this Thursday is all about the ORAS Community!! Some of our members will be sharing their personal avian-themed experiences. We’re still looking for some contributions, so let us know if you’d like to present something! Photo by our Board Member @henryca23 . . . . . #audubon #meeting #monthlymeeting #audubonsociety #outreach #community #conservation #bird #birds #birdnerd #avian #photography #wildlife #nature #athens #georgia #iloveathens #hummingbird #canonphotography #nature 11:20pm 01/30/2018 1 69
Show Instant Engagement Rate Join us tonight for a talk by local artist, Philip Juras: “Falling in Love with Grasslands: Paintings from Prairie to Páramo”. Main auditorium of the Odum School of Ecology, 7:00pm. A reception will precede the talk at 6:15. Original art by Philip Juras. . . . . #odumschoolofecology #art #science #artandscience #scientificillustration #illustration #ecology #grasslands #ecosystem Odum School of Ecology 4:54pm 11/02/2017 0 49