DO NOT RSVP HERE! This virtual program is free, but you must register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtceCgrjotHdFgWwoLKLGXnNBXEc-5QTB3 to participate. PLEASE NOTE: This program will be held on Tuesday, March 16th rather than our typical Monday schedule. Speaker: Leslie Kemp Poole, PhD. Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. Dr. Poole's presentation will center on the role of ...
Dr. Nash Turley co-founded the non-profit “Lawn to Wildflowers” to inspire people throughout the country to convert grass lawns to native wildflowers and make that process as easy as possible. A plant and insect ecologist and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Central Florida, Dr. Turley knows wildflower and pollinator biology, the ecological impact of mowed grass lawns around the ...
Learn about the birds, food and culture of Peru. The presentation will also include an update about a special Andean Condor project in Lima. Presented by: Gunnar Engblom Gunnar Engblom is the owner of Kolibri Expeditions and a seasoned tour guide. He is an expat from Sweden with 27 years experience and is considered to be one of the pioneers ...
Masks required. Participants limited. Make reservations with Linda: text 352-428-2629 or email lindalark85@gmail.com. Meet at 8 a.m. at Lake Townsen Preserve Park, 28011 Lake Lindsey Road, Brooksville. We will bike about 6 miles north before returning. This beautiful section passes through forests and fields, where we will stop periodically to look for birds.
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 (https://ebird.org/hotspot/L489156). Beginning in January 2021, Duval Audubon resumed our monthly guided nature walks through the sanctuary from 8:00 am to 9:30 am ...
Join us as we look for upland and wetland birds along the shores of Lake Harney. This site is home to an historic crossing of the Flagler Railroad, Native American shell middens, oak hammocks, and mixed hardwood swamps. This Wilderness Area also contains extensive floodplain marshes associated with Lake Harney, which serve as important feeding grounds for wading birds and ...
Orange Audubon Society’s (OAS) field trip to Wekiwa Springs State Park welcomes new birders. We will be hiking a few miles and listening for bird sounds and watching for movement. Wekiwa is the crown jewel of the state park system with an impressive diversity of habitats that makes for a wide variety of birds. In the well-burned sandhill habitat in ...
Join Duval Audubon Society for a socially distanced Forest Bathing Meditation on the Swamp Trail at our beautiful Crosby Sanctuary conservation property in Orange Park, Florida. Please bring your own seating for the meditation, such as a folding chair or mat. Areas will be designated on the swamp-facing trail for silent solitary meditation six to ten feet from other participants. ...
Dr. William Lester will discuss some of the over 300 species of native bees found in Florida. Many are solitary and live underground, but they still perform as many (or more) important environmental duties as honeybees. Learn some of the major groups of native Florida bees and how to attract them to your property. For details about connecting to this ...
Songbirds migrating north to breed in the forests on the northeastern U.S. and Canada may have to cross Lake Erie. They often stop and feed in the last woods left on the south side of the lake in a special place called the Magee Marsh. Popularity of the site is absolutely crazy as birders from all over want to catch ...