Come see for yourself.
Our forests are full of birds and our local Audubon Society members watch and advocate for those birds. Our avian neighbors decorate our trees with color and variety while broadcasting woodland music.
Some of our local birds are migrants, like many of us seasonals, and some are year-rounders, like others of us. Our spring and summer migrants come from as far away as South America. Some come from Canada to winter with us.
Because ours is a subtropical rainforest, we have a great variety of birds ranging from Ruby-throated Hummingbirds to Great Blue Herons and from Carolina Wrens to Bald Eagles. And everywhere in between.
As luck would have it, there are many accomplished photographers here on the Plateau and, to our great benefit, some of those local photographers capture images of our birds.
These bird photos are arresting and captivating in their natural beauty. Some have won prizes.
Others have been featured in publications and art galleries.
The Highlands Plateau Audubon Society or HPAS is offering a program of photographs and commentary on Monday, August 4, at Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library.
Those presenting their photographs include Cynthia Strain, a professional photographer who has published several regional books, including Highlands Through the Years and The Cashiers Valley Through the Years. Former owner of the Bird Barn, her first love was and always will be birds. In her retirement, Cynthia enjoys sitting on her porch watching and photographing birds.
Ed Boos lives in both Scaly and Winter Haven, Florida, having retired from a career as a school district department senior manager. Ed has photographed wildlife in the Western Hemisphere, Asia and Africa.
Peter Hall is a retired industry consultant and avid birder, for whom “the amazing avian world around us is a captivating expression of God’s creation.” He is on the board of HPAS.
Then there’s me, William McReynolds, a hobbyist birder and photographer, a retired university professor who spent 50 years in academia and now lives in Sapphire and happily writes about birds for our beloved Laurel magazine.
This is a rare seasonal event that will feature such birds as the Indigo Bunting, Eastern Bluebird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Crossbill, Wood Thrush, and many more including hawks, warblers and waterfowl. We might hear some bird songs.
Come see what four cameras have done with a hundred birds: Monday, August 4 at 6:30 P.M. at the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library at 249 Frank Allen Road in Cashiers. Free and open to the public.
“Who are we,” someone asked, “that we have appeared on this watery orb in this remote solar system within this singular galaxy which is itself but a tiny part of the vast Cosmos? Whence cometh the answer? Perhaps from the birds which embody the Spirit and Beauty of the Living World. Do we not imagine feathered wings on our Angels? Perhaps these are our Angels, these delicate winged creatures who hold the secrets of the balance between life and inanimate being. Perhaps these are our messengers. Are we watching? Are we listening?”
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