Details It’s Purple Martin Time! Presented by: Anna Forsman As a Central Floridian, it is likely that you have had the chance to enjoy the friendly chatterings of purple martins. Perhaps you may even be, or know someone who is, a purple martin landlord, providing safe and dependable housing for these swallows. Purple martins breed across much of the United ...
Renowned professional photographer, author and nature photography instructor Milton Heiberg will teach a sunrise photo workshop on Saturday, February 20, 2010 from 6:00–10:00 a.m. at Orlando Wetlands Park, one of Central Florida’s most scenic locations. Sunrise with water reflections and the park’s many gray sun-bleached tree branches that provide perches for avian subjects make this an exciting workshop. The morning ...
Hernando Audubon Birding Trip to J.B. Starkey Wilderness Park (Pasco County), Saturday, February 20 at 10500 Wilderness Park Blvd., New Port Richey. Meet at 8 a.m. in the corral parking area. Masks required. Participants limited. Make reservations with Lucille: croomwalker@gmail.com or 352-540-9746. We will watch water birds at the Audubon bird blind and walk nearby trails, looking for songbirds.
Flanking the banks of the Econlockhatchee River, a ribbon of wilderness protects a swath of forest edged on one side by suburbia, on the other by ranchland. It is the Little Big Econ State Forest, more than 5,000 acres of uplands and cypress swamps along this floodplain river, a sinuous waterway with tall bluffs and many tributaries. The bird count ...
Leader: Pete Johnson (904-536-4806) Duval Audubon Society's Crosby Sanctuary conservation property is over 500 acres of swamp and oak hammock located in the heart of Clay County. Over 140 species of birds have been recorded on the eBird list at this park. Beginning January 2021, Duval Audubon will resume monthly bird walks through the sanctuary from 8:00 am to 9:30 ...
Join Bert Alm for a limited participant bird walk Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Oak and Palm Hammock Trails in Merrit Island National Wildlife Refuge (MINWR). Please follow our new protocols due to the Covid Pandemic. • All participants must register on Meetup. • Registration is limited for each Field Trip based on the number of Leaders available. • All ...
Join popular Orange Audubon Society (OAS) field trip leader Bob Sanders on Sunday, February 21st. The Lake Harney Wilderness Area is an approximately 300-acre Seminole County property located along the St. Johns River at the northwest shore of Lake Harney. It contains Native American shell middens, oak hammocks and mixed hardwood swamps. This site also contains extensive floodplain marshes along ...
A bird walk for ages 7 to 17 years old! NOTE: You must obtain an Eventbrite ticket for each child and parent or legal guardian to participate. Join our Young Birders Committee as Chair Blair Clark holds a walk at Fort Mose Historic State Park. This walk is geared toward young people between 7 and 17 years old (a parent ...
Hernando Audubon Virtual Meeting: Thursday, February 25, 7 p.m.: Renowned naturalist and nature photographer Reinier Munguía will present an Introduction to Neotropical Birds. He will describe the diversity of birds occupying every niche of the neotropics, from lowland rain forest to cloud forest and high-altitude deserts. For details about connecting to this Zoom meeting, send a message to hernandoaudubonpresident@gmail.com.
Hernando Audubon Beginning Birding: Friday, February 26: Masks required. Participants limited. Make reservations with Linda: text 352-428-2629 or email lindalark85@gmail.com. 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.