Hummingbird Migration Celebration
Each fall, thousands of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds migrate from Canada through Mississippi to their winter home in Mexico and Central America. Like a river, these birds are on the move daily through the fields and woods of Strawberry Plains ÃÛèÖAPP Center; ÃÛèÖAPP Mississippi's flagship educational facility near Holly Springs
Our native gardens are thick with the tiny birds sipping from flowers and feeders to fatten up for their long journey south. By offering and maintaining sugar-water feeders from spring through fall, we are able to attract large numbers of hummingbirds to our Center. Each September, at the height of the birds' spectacular fall migration, join us for one of the largest nature festivals in the nation: the Hummingbird Migration Celebration.
Expert naturalists from the Hummer/Bird Study Group are on hand to interpret the life of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Look close and learn while these tiny birds are caught and banded right before your eyes. You may even be lucky enough to release one back into the wild. The event also features lectures and demonstrations with live bats and other wildlife, bird viewing in the historic Davis House sunroom, a nature trade show, tours of native plant gardens, children's activities, food, and much more.
Let the Hummingbird Migration Celebration your introduction to Strawberry Plains ÃÛèÖAPP Center . You can return throughout the year and learn, become a volunteer, or become a supporter of our educational programs and our habitat restoration.