That’s what the next couple weeks are all about here at OCR! This week is bird banding class, next week is the legendary New River Birding and Nature Festival! We just finished up a Beginner Bird Banding class taught by certified instructor from The Institute for Bird Population. This is an intense (too intense for […]
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A Big Thank You to All Who Were Part of the New River Birding and Nature Festival
We love to make our guests cry. Wow, what a week! So much fun, so much hard work, so many people to thank. Opossum Creek Retreat is the happy home of The New River Birding and Nature Festival. For one week a year we entertain about 100 people a day, feeding them, taking them on […]
‘Birding By Butt’ and the New River Birding and Nature Festival
Well now that was a big week. In fact, it was Opossum Creek Retreat’s biggest week of the year. The New River Birding and Nature Festival just ended, and a good bit of the festival takes place here at OCR. Somewhere between 60-100 people a day get to enjoy our slice of almost heaven during […]
The Robin Snow
Special Guest Post By: Rachel Davis Around here crocuses and daffodils are among the first spring flowers to emerge and bloom. Neither is native to this land, but both were favorites of the Appalachian residents of long ago including my Grandmother who as a young woman planted them here in her yard. I am sure […]
The Most Important Thing About Birding (Hint: It’s Not Birds)
The most important thing about a birding trip is not the birds. Really. Here’s why: All kinds of things can influence the birds you see and hear. So let’s focus on stuff that really matters on a field trip: the people. It’s like soup; too much of one ingredient is boring. I love time alone […]
