Tall Timbers

South Carolina Bobwhite Funding Partnership Event & Auction
2019-10-24 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Millstone at Adams Pond, 5301 Bluff Road, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
In 2017, Tall Timbers and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources signed a Memorandum of Agreement to form the SC Bobwhite Funding Partnership. The purpose of this partnership is to raise funds from corporate and private sources and use them for bobwhite work across the Carolinas. Please join us for an evening reception and auction. The proceeds from this event help fund the South Carolina Bobwhite Initiative, as well as Tall Timbers’ Carolina Regional Quail Project’s efforts in South Carolina.

Covey Film Festival Evening at Tall Timbers
2019-10-23 18:00 - 21:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Rd, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States
Join us for the Covey Film Festival evening at Tall Timbers, featuring a curated collection of conservation themed short films. Our wine social begins at 6:00, followed by screenings of The Last Green Thread (18 min), Queen of Red Hill (21 Min), and Burn Boss (28 min).
Special guests Dr. Hilary Swain, Executive Director of Archbold Biological Station, and Rick Anderson, writer, producer, and fire ecologist for Into Nature Films, will discuss their work on these films and the role of visual media in conservation.
Individual tickets are $10, available at the door or online at www.coveyfilmfestival.org. See online ticketing for group rates or season passes for the Covey Film Festival. All proceeds from the Covey Film Festival benefit the Thomasville Community Resource Center which serves over 500 children in the region, providing after-school academic support along with summer enrichment programs.

Red Hills Fall Field Day
2019-10-18 07:30 - 13:00 | Four Oaks Plantation, Jefferson County, Florida
The Red Hills Fall Field Day is an event where attendees will see firsthand the ongoing habitat renovations and land management techniques being used to overcome common challenges faced when managing for high densities of wild quail. Area experts will present on current research and specific techniques used to overcome these and other challenges managers face across the Southeast. Registration is now open. Click here to register.

Orvis North Florida Fly Fishing School
2019-10-12 09:00 - 16:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Rd, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States
Located in Tallahassee, the Orvis North Florida Fly Fishing School is hosted by Tall Timbers, which is situated on a 4000-acre plantation in the beautiful Red Hills Region. The school is taught by Orvis Head Fly Fishing Instructor, Truel Myers and long-time Orvis Instructor and Orvis-Endorsed Guide Todd Rogers. You will learn The Orvis Progressive Method to Fly Casting — a time-proven teaching method that can be used for any freshwater or saltwater fly fishing situation. The school covers everything from fly casting, choosing the right tackle, leaders and knots, to fly selection and how to safely release fish. Students and their companions will find a variety of activities in Florida’s Capital Region including dining, shopping and outdoor recreation. Use of Orvis Tackle and lunch included. RSVP to Amy Allen: aallen@talltimbers.org. Only 4 spots left.

Safe Harbor Workshop
2019-10-10 09:00 - 13:00 | The Jones Center at Ichauway, 3988 Jones Center Drive, Newton, GA, 39870, United States
Please join us at the Jones Center at Ichauway for a Special Workshop on Safe Harbor and Red-cockaded Woodpeckers!
The Red-cockaded Woodpecker is one of the great assets of southern pine forests. The woodpecker excavates cavities that last for decades and provide homes for Wood Ducks and scores of other birds. The abundance of cavity-nesting birds doubles when Red-cockaded Woodpeckers are present. Just like quail, frequent fire is also essential for maintaining good woodpecker habitat. Regulations on the use of prescribed are likely to increase as fewer people make a living off the land. Burning for good quail habitat and a rare species could help reinforce the importance of fire for a much larger audience.
Private landowners also have some exciting new tools available that remove the obligations sometimes involved when an imperiled woodpecker is in the mix. Landowners can now have great pinewoods, great quail numbers, and woodpeckers, too, without jeopardizing future land-management opportunities.
The workshop will be hosted by the Jones Center at Ichauway, Tall Timbers, and Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Staff will provide background on woodpecker habitat needs and management and the benefits of the Safe Harbor Program. Field tours will visit prime woodpecker habitat and also demonstrate first-hand some of the tools used to manage woodpecker populations. Some of the cost-share programs available that emphasize properties that support the woodpecker will also be reviewed.
Kindly RSVP to
Tall Timbers Development Office
Amy Allen
(850) 893-4153 ext. 249
We hope to see you there!

Beadel House Tour 10/6/19
2019-10-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States
Beadel House Tours are held once a month on the first Sunday. Tours begin at 2:15 on the Beadel House front porch, and usually last for 2 hours. If weather permits, the tour includes the Bird Window at Gannet Pond and the Jones Family Tenant Farm. For additional information, please call Juanita Whiddon at 850-566-3390.

Something to Crow About: The Mental Bandwidth of Crows and their Relatives
2019-10-05 09:00 - 11:00 | Pebble Hill Plantation, 1251 U. S. Highway 319 South, Thomasville, GA, GA, 31792, United States
Join Jim Cox, Stoddard Bird Lab Director at Tall Timbers, for a fascinating program on how the intelligence in crows sets them apart from other birds. With more than 120 species of crows across the world, southwest Georgia is home to only two, the American Crow and the Fish Crow. Jim will share recent research on the intriguing intelligence and behavior of these common animals that have uncommonly complex behaviors. He will also talk about how humans and crows have engaged with one another, highlighting the Native American perspectives, Colonial and Industrial Ages, and what we know about them today.
The talk will be held at the Pebble Hill Plantation Learning Center. Following the discussion, Jim will lead a walk on the grounds of Pebble Hill in search of groups of crows demonstrating their unique behaviors as well as pointing behaviors of other native birds. Participants should bring binoculars, water, and wear comfortable shoes for the walk. Participants are invited to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the grounds of Pebble Hill after the event.

Pine Run
2019-10-05 07:30 - 12:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Rd, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States
Tall Timbers has hosted Gulf Winds Track Club and the Pine Run 20K every year since 2008, with the exception of 2018, when Mother Nature and Hurricane Michael interfered with this great event. This long race provides runners with a rare opportunity to see Tall Timbers in a way that few people do. Runners experience red clay hills, fields of multi-hued wildflowers, and moments of quiet solitude running through the pines. For details, contact Neil Fleckenstein at neil@talltimbers.org.

BirdQuest 2019
2019-10-03
BirdQuest 2019 takes place on October 3 on the beautiful Four Oaks Plantation in Brooks County, Georgia. This is your opportunity to support our most important annual fundraising event effort. Many thanks to the staff at Four Oaks for providing us with this opportunity to document the bird diversity of this stellar property. Four Oaks features wonderful longleaf pine forests with native groundcover, bays and other forested wetlands, and a mix of old farmlands and oldfield forests that are sure to harbor a great diversity of birds.
Staff with the Stoddard Bird Lab will rise before dawn and count all the species they can see on Four Oaks Plantation in a single day. By day’s end, we hope to have 100 species tallied.
Please make your pledge now for the species seen on October 3. BirdQuest 2019 supports a graduate stipend for Heather Levy ($15,500) and will enable her to wrap up her graduate study of cavity-nesting birds in the Red Hills region in May 2020. To make a pledge, visit our on-line pledge form at this link.

Green Again Madagascar
2019-10-01 12:00 - 13:00
Join Tall Timbers and Birdsong Nature Center for a Lunch & Learn presentation on October 1st from Noon to 1:00 with Matt Hill from Green Again Madagascar in the Komarek Education Center at Tall Timbers (13093 Henry Beadel Rd, Tallahassee, FL). As fire becomes more common in rainforests due to climate change, understanding tolerance of rainforest tree species to fire becomes increasingly important. Madagascar’s northeast coast is particularly vulnerable to fire given the spread of the fern, Dicranopteris linearis, which is extremely flammable and promotes its own dominance in this region. The objective of the study was to investigate which Malagasy tree species were better able to survive a wildfire disturbance and what site conditions or species characteristics were associated with survival.
Join Matt on his visit back to the states for a look at this fascinating project on resilience with implications for restoration practitioners who work amidst highly flammable fuels.

Carolina Regional Quail Project Field Day
2019-09-27 07:30 - 13:00 | Belmont Plantation, 1492-2252 Belmont Rd N, Louisville, Georgia, 30434
Economic Trade-offs and Quail Management Field Workshop
presented by Queensborough National Bank and Trust
GPS: 33°01’43.4″N 82°29’45.1″W

Red Hills Fall Flora Course
2019-09-20 17:00 - 2019-09-22 15:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Rd, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States
Tall Timbers and Birdsong Nature Center are hosting a new Fall Flora Course. This fun introductory level field course is limited to 16 participants and the $350 registration includes lodging, meals, pocket magnifier and field guide. Expect a weekend of in-the-field experiences and short lectures to expand your plant identification skills, with a special focus on the many grasses that populate pine savannas. Join us for this unique Red Hills natural history experience with Dr. Richard J Carter from Valdosta State University.
For more information and registration visit: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=d7ha4neab&oeidk=a07egi7fllk42448bab

22nd Annual Kate Ireland Memorial Dinner & Auction
2019-09-15 18:00 - 22:00 | Glen Arven Country Club, 1700 Old Monticello Rd, Thomasville, GA, 31792, United States
The 22nd Annual Kate Ireland Memorial Dinner & Auction will be held Sunday evening, September 15, 2019 at Glen Arven Country Club, Thomasville, Georgia. The festivities include a cocktail reception, a silent and live auction, and dinner. The event attracts bidders not only from within the Red Hills Region but, due to auction items unique to this event, the auction attracts a national audience. Each year the auction features an inspiring collection of world class artwork, unparalleled hunting and fishing opportunities, and unique offerings from the Red Hills Region and beyond. www.32auctions.com/talltimbers2019

Beadel House Tour 9/8/19
2019-09-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States

Beadel House Tour 8/4/19
2019-08-04 14:00 - 16:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States

Beadel House Tour 6/2/19
2019-06-02 14:00 - 16:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States

Beadel House Tour 5/5/19
2019-05-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States

Red-cockaded Woodpecker Banding Event
2019-05-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Rd, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States
Jim Cox climbing ladder to Red-cockaded Woodpecker next cavity
The imperiled Red-cockaded Woodpecker will be nesting soon. Nestling woodpeckers are banded each year to help monitor populations, and Tall Timbers will host a special nestling banding event on the first Saturday in May. Learn more about this imperiled species, and watch biologists with the Stoddard Bird Lab scale trees and extract and band young woodpeckers. Meet in the Wade Center parking lot at Tall Timbers to take a wagon ride to the banding site. Reservations are required; the trip is limited to 25 participants. Email Jim Cox to reserve your spot.

Leadership Thomasville
2019-04-11 09:00 - 14:00

Beadel House Tour 4/7/19
2019-04-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States

Red Hills Spring Dinner
2019-04-04 | Dixie Plantation Mansion, 1583 Livingston Road, Greenville, FL, 32331, United States
The Red Hills Spring Dinner is a biennial Tall Timbers event. An invitation only affair, the Red Hills Spring Dinner is one of the most special events in the Red Hills region. We are pleased to have as our dinner speaker, the former President and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Stephanie Meeks. Beyond hearing from nationally recognized speakers on issues affecting land conservation in America, the dinner also honors those families who have donated conservation easements to Tall Timbers over the last two years.

Small Landowner Stewardship Group with Jim Stevenson
2019-03-30 09:00 - 15:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Rd, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States
If you own a tract of natural land and have questions about land management, you are invited to attend a meeting with other landowners. We are small landowners with the goal of helping to make connections among small landowners struggling with the same land management issues.
This is an informal group providing this service to those who wish to restore and manage their land to a healthy natural condition. Tracts of 25 to 1,000 acres are appropriate. We will have some land management experts present to talk with us about such topics as prescribed fire, control of invasive plants, and erosion reduction. However, we also want to hear about the issues and potential solutions you have grappled with on your property.
Our first meeting will be Saturday, March 30, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Tall Timbers (13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee). There is no fee. Bring a lawn chair, your lunch, beverage and your questions.
Mark your calendar and spread the word to your friends and neighbors who may be interested. Smaller landowners can have an even larger impact when they work together to create corridors or clusters of habitat.
To help in our planning efforts, please consider sending us your phone number, e-mail and the acreage and county your land is located within. This is not necessary to participate. Agenda to be provided.
Contact: Jim A. Stevenson – Naturalist & small landowner | phone: 562-5716 | email: Florida_springs@comcast.net

2019 Georgia Florida Turkey Invitational
2019-03-28 - 2019-03-29 | Osceola Plantation, 100 Mill Creek Plantation, Thomasville, GA, 31757, United States
The 14th Annual Georgia-Florida Turkey Invitational is a sporting event benefiting Tall Timbers Game Bird Program. Teams consist of two members with an entry cost of $500.00 per team. This year’s event will feature special guest speaker, Flip Pallot, avid outdoorsman and TV personality. Join us for another great event. Learn more and register here.

Leadership Tallahassee Stewardship Day
2019-03-07 08:00 - 17:00

Beadel House Tour 3/3/19
2019-03-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States

Southeastern Wildlife Exposition Birds of a Feather Ladies Brunch Benefit
2019-02-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Frances Marion Hotel, 387 King St, Charleston, SC, 29403, United States
The second annual Birds of a Feather Ladies Brunch Benefit for Tall Timbers, presented by Norton & Hodges. Bites and bubbles, silent auction, and one-of-a-kind raffle items. Doors open at 10 am, auction begins at 10:30 am. This is an exclusive event not to be missed.Learn more and buy tickets or a table here >>

Beadel House Tour 2/3/19
2019-02-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States

Game Bird Seminar / Fall Field Day at Tall Timbers
2018-11-01 - 2018-11-02 | Tall Timbers, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States
Join us for the 2018 Game Bird Seminar and Fall Field Day at Tall Timbers,Thursday, Nov. 1 and Friday, Nov. 2.
For more information, download the registration brochure or register online here
After registration and breakfast, the event begins under the tent with the Hatch Report by Dr. Theron M. Terhune and Clay Sisson of the Tall Timbers’ Game Bird Program. Afterward, attendees will hear about Long-term Sustainability of the Red Hills and Bobwhite Population Recovery and the following topics:

Longleaf Legacy Landscape: Tall Timbers’ Strategy for Putting Fire on the Back FortyPresented By: Dr. Bill Palmer
Managing Native Ground and Wiregrass Communities for BobwhitePresented By: Robbie Green, Land Manager
Contribution of the Red Hills & Albany Areas to Bobwhite Population RecoveryPresented By: Clay Sisson
Translocation Success Stories and the Future of TranslocationPresented By: Dr. Theron M. Terhune

After a panel discussion and lunch, there will be a field tour of Tall Timbers so that attendees can see research on the ground and the restoration that has been occurring at Tall Timbers over the past ten years.
