Field Trip

Leader: Deb Kainauskas (904-254-0148) One wouldn’t expect that the largest industrial park in Northeast Florida would be a good place for birding. Westside Industrial Park is an exception with its many ponds. Just missing one of the top ten hot spots on ebird, coming in at number eleven, 165 species have been recorded at the industrial park. Weekends are the ...

Leader: Andrew Schumann (631-974-0703) The Jekyll Island Banding Station is a non profit all-volunteer bird banding station operating on the south end of Jekyll Island since 1978. Dedicated licensed banders and bird enthusiasts band Neotropical passerines during fall migration for scientific study and education. Visitors will have excellent photo opportunities and will be able to see their mist netting operations. ...

Meet at 8 a.m. at the parking lot at the intersection of Dixie Shores Drive and Fort Island Trail Road (CR-44), 2.5 miles west of US-19 in Crystal River. We will walk 1.5 miles in an oak hammock around three man-made lakes. Contact: Eileen: naturecoastbirder5@yahoo.com

Leader: Pete Johnson, (904-536-4806) Bayard's mixed habitat and proximity to the St. Johns River will allow us to observe and record a great variety of bird species including migrant songbirds, waders, raptors, woodpeckers, and owls. This trip coincides with peak thrush migration, so species like Veery, Swainson's and Gray-cheeked Thrush are possible. Other target species include Eastern Wood-Pewee and Bachman's ...

Join us as we explore and bird the Welaka National Fish Hatchery. Sue Killeen will lead the bird walk, and we'll also see the newly built Grasshopper Sparrow aviary, and the fish tanks and ponds at the Hatchery, and perhaps the Indigo Snakes that the Fishery tends to before their release. Meet us in the parking lot of the Aquarium, ...