Butterflies at the Georgia Coast Birding & Nature Festival

The Georgia Coast Birding and Nature Festival had quite a few great nature walks. My thanks to Christa Frangiamore Hayes of Coastal WildScapes for leading the Friday walks on Latham Hammock. This is a place we drive by on the way to Jekyll Island. What a special place especially for butterflies. Here are a couple of pictures taken by Christa of the Tawny Emperor they found there.

Georgia Coast Birding and Nature Festival posts on Zeiss blog

Wow! The last few weeks have been a blur but the birding festival was worth. If you missed it this year, mark your calendar for next year. The festival is alway the second week in October.
While I gather my wits about me, here is a couple of post on Stephen Ingraham's blog. Enjoy!

The Golden Isles Blog on the festival

The planning is finished. The Georgia Coast Birding and Nature Festival is just around the corner. Here a link to Brunswick and Golden Isles Travel News Blog. Take a look.

Georgia Coast Birding and Nature Festival Headquarters

Some breaking news on the Georgia Coast Birding & Nature Festival . We are going to be headquarter at Villa Ospo! It is the perfect setting for the family friendly birding and nature festival. There is lots of parking and green grass. Plus there are a few butterfly areas and great views of Jekyll Creek. For more information on the festival take a look at the website: Georgia Coast Birding and Nature Festival.

Beauty berries and butterflies

There is a native plant that is so pretty this time of year. Its common name is American Beauty Berry. See isn't it beautiful and the birds love it. Pretty soon we will have lots of Gray Catbirds and thrushes making a feast of these juicy purple berries.

While we are looking around the Gulf Fritillaries are on the move. It is going to be an exciting season. Don't forget to take a look at the Georgia Coast Birding and Nature Festival. We have a little something for every nature lover. Join us October 7-10, 2010

Movie Chatter

Well we are a week closer to the Georgia Coast Birding and Nature Festival October 7-10, 2010. I am working to get everything in place. Take a look and sign up. It promises to be great fun.

In the meantime, my friend Paul Baicich who puts out a monthly newsletter called The Birding Community E-Bulletin reports about a new movie in the making. If you have not read the book, The Big Year, grab a copy it is a fun read. I cannot wait for the movie like Paul I hope they show birders in a good light.


Here is what Paul wrote:
“BIG YEAR” MOVIE CHATTER

Birders have been abuzz recently about an upcoming movie, expected early next year, loosely based on Mark Obmascik's 2004 book, THE BIG YEAR. The book was about the quest by three birders - Sandy Komito, Al Levantin, and Greg Miller – to see as many birds as possible in North America in 1998.

The movie, a 20th Century Fox production, will be a fictionalized spin-off on the book. The three main characters have been renamed in the film, many of the facts and locations moved around, and it will be set in the present-day rather than the late 1990s.

Here are a few details:
- Three months of shooting began May 3. Release expected sometimec in 2011, perhaps as early as April.
- Shooting locations: Vancouver BC, Osoyoos, BC (doubles for Texas and Arizona); Tofino, BC; NYC; Arizona; the Yukon (for Attu).
- Executive Producer: Ben Stiller
- Director: David Frankel
- Casting (in part): Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Brian Dennehy, Dianne Wiest, and
Anjelica Huston.

The movie's director, David Frankel, says, "To me, this is a fascinating story about three men who are at a crucial point in their lives, caught up in an obsession. The bird watching really reveals their character."

Let’s hope the picture of birders steers away from the unpleasant image presented by Miss Jane Hathaway in TV’s famous "Beverly Hillbillies."

You can find some sample birder interest in the film here:
http://birdersforum.com/index.php/topic,896.0.html

Hanging out on the beach with the birds

On Saturday I walked out to the southend of Jekyll. It was so nice to see all the birds hanging out.