The weekend comprises of a one-day festival on October 12, in downtown Eustis, surrounded by immersive hiking trips, nature walks, kayaking and bird watching Friday, Saturday, and Sunday led by biologists and nature experts. On Saturday there will be educational lectures and presentations, live birds, music, a variety of exhibitors and food trucks. The field trips, nature walks, and bird ...
Moths, caterpillars, and butterflies oh my! Join us for the fifth annual Duette Butterfly Count, and volunteer to keep track of butterfly biodiversity at our largest preserve. Bring your camera, guide books, and sense of adventure for a day out in the wild blue yonder studying these fascinating fliers. Start your very own butterfly checklist while learning how to identify ...
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 ...
Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6 Driving Bird Tour 2019 October 12 November 9, 23 December 14, 28 (Christmas Bird Count, teams start at 7:00AM) Through a partnership with Hendry-Glades Audubon, the South Florida Water Management District will offer to the public escorted birding trips to Stormwater Treatment Area 5 (STA-5/6) located at the south end of Blumberg Road south of Clewiston, ...
Leader: Carol Bailey-White (904-707-1881) **Walk starts at 10 am. Duval Audubon is again leading monthly walks for novice birders at the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. Of course, experienced birders are welcome too! Fort Caroline is a great migration hot spot - part of the National Park Service’s Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve; some of the last untouched coastal habitat ...
John Thomton, our #1 Florida Scrub-Jay Trail bird expert, will lead a Bird Walk on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, from 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. John created our Birding Checklist and keeps the updated list of “Birds Seen on The Florida Scrub-Jay Trail.” This is the perfect time of year to spot resident birds and visitors just passing through. Our ...
Save the date for 31st annual “Ding” Darling Days Mark your calendars for this year’s “Ding” Darling Days birding and eco-festival at J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida, the weekend of Oct. 19-20, 2019. Conservation Art Day kicks of the festivities on Saturday, Oct. 19, with visits from Federal Duck Stamp and Junior Duck Stamp winners ...
Leader: Pierre Allaire (pierrenallaire@gmail.com) The Jacksonville Arboretum & Gardens is a 120-acre urban woodland with over three miles of trails through a series of distinct ecological habitats, including a walkway encircling a beautiful two-acre lake. There are over 100 labeled plants. The Arboretum is developed and managed by the Jacksonville Arboretum & Gardens, Inc., a non-profit entity that leases the ...
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, ...
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Anastasia State Park will host an educational “Guided Bird Walk” program on various days from October-December, 2019. Come meet the birds at Anastasia State Park, proudly part of the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail! This fun and informative walk is open to participants of all birding levels. Participants will observe a diverse variety ...