6351 Stringfellow Rd., St. James City, Pine Island Trail Length: 1.1 miles; Degree of Difficulty: Moderate One of very few places in Lee County to see naturalized longleaf pines. This habitat supports the gopher tortoise, a threatened species. All walks are free. No registration is required. Walks are led by trained volunteers and interpretive naturalists. Meeting location is the preserve ...
Hernando Audubon Beginning Birding: Friday, March 27, 8 a.m. at Chinsegut Conservation Center, 23212 Lake Lindsey Road, Brooksville. Learn to identify birds at feeders and during a short walk. There will be binoculars and bird books available for use. For information, text Linda at 352-428-2629 or email lindalark85@gmail.com.
Find Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Bachman’s Sparrow, and other resident forest birds and look for early spring migrants. At 6:45 a.m. meet on the south side of Croom Road (CR-480) at the intersection with Forest Road 7. This is 7 miles east of US-41. For information: call Bev, 352-686-0460 or bevalhansen@gmail.com.
At 8:15 a.m. meet at the Visitor’s Center, 6920 E. Fletcher Ave., Tampa. We will look for birds on the boardwalks along the Hillsborough River. There is a $2 park entrance fee. To carpool, meet at 7:30 a.m. at Sunrise Plaza, 31150 Cortez Blvd., 0.25 mile east of I-75. For information, contact Linda, 352-428-2629, lindalark85@gmail.com
Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the canoe-kayak parking lot at Bayport Park, 4140 Cortez Blvd. We will look for any migrating birds that are passing through the area as well as resident land birds and water birds. Then we will carpool a short distance to a small private lot that has an Australian Silk Oak tree. When this tree is ...
Friday, April 24, 8 a.m. at Chinsegut Conservation Center, 23212 Lake Lindsey Road, Brooksville. Learn to identify birds at feeders and during a short walk. There will be binoculars and bird books available for use. For information, text Linda at 352-428-2629 or email lindalark85@gmail.com.
Participants limited. Make reservations with Claudia: camsler36@gmail.com or 813-244-0305. Masks required. At 8 a.m. meet in the parking lot at 13489 Government Road. From US-19 turn east on Deer Run Road. At the intersection with Government Road, go straight in the right lane. Along the 1.5 mile trail through sandhill and hardwood hammock and a powerline right-of-way, expect to see ...
Participants limited. Make reservations with Linda: text 352-428-2629 or email lindalark85@gmail.com. Masks required. Meet at 8 a.m. at Chinsegut Conservation Center, 23212 Lake Lindsey Road, Brooksville. Learn to identify birds at feeders and during a short walk. There will be binoculars available for use.
Participants limited. Make reservations with Bev: 352-686-0460 or bevalhansen@gmail.com. Masks required. Saturday, October 31, 8 a.m. Florida Audubon's Ahhochee Hill Sanctuary is located at 24268 Lake Lindsey Road, Brooksville. The 270 acres of protected wildlife habitat is surrounded by other publicly protected land. Recently a Longleaf Pine Habitat Restoration project began on 140 acres. Expect to see woodpeckers and songbirds.
At the North Shore Birding Festival, December 3-7, 2020, expert-led field trips explore the St. Johns River Water Management District’s 20,000-acre Lake Apopka North Shore. Trips based out of the McDonald Canal, CR 448A, Mount Dora have driving access into areas otherwise accessible only by bicycle or on foot. This area is now Florida’s top eBird hotspot. This festival is ...