The North Shore Birding Festival, January 16–20, 2020, highlights the Lake Apopka North Shore, an Important Bird Area and top Florida eBird hotspot. With 37 field trips and 3 keynotes, Orange Audubon Society’s 4th annual festival is based out of the McDonald Canal area, 24600 CR 448A, Mount Dora, FL 32757, and trips allow driving into parts of the North ...
Contact: Deborah Kainauskas (dkainauskas@gmail.com) Speaker: Gina Kent, Senior Conservation Scientist, Avian Research and Conservation Institute (ARCI) Swallow-tailed Kites are pressured by having a compact nesting cycle in the Southeast, where essential habitats are rapidly disappearing; a winter range now dominated by industrial agriculture; and over 10,000 miles of naturally-dangerous migrations further threatened by our impacts on the global environment. Learn ...