Guided Walks

Join John Groskopf (941-726-8816) at Bay Street Park,  300 Bay St., Osprey, FL.   We will be looking for migrants, waders, and forest birds. A one-mile walk in mainly shade.

Join John Groskopf (941-726-8816) at Pinecraft Park 1420 Gilbert Ave., Sarasota, FL.   Looking for migrants, flyovers, and water birds.  Pinecraft Park is less than one mile of shaded walk with some sandy topography.

Helen King (850-556-2950), Jeanne Dubi, and Mary Alice Curtiss will guide a walk at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota, FL.   Meet in the parking lot west of the bathrooms.  For those in wheelchairs or walkers, there is a paved trail to observe shorebirds, forest birds, and flyover birds.   The walk...

Meet Stu Wilson (512-897-8341) and Cathy Paris at the entrance to Broadway Beach (north end of Longboat Key). We will walk 1 - 2 miles on sand learning to ID gulls, terns, sandpipers, and other shorebirds. There are no restroom facilities.

Meet Peter Brown (207-994-9885) at the playground parking lot across from the finish Tower. We will take a short walk around that area. We will then drive to other end of course to the start area and bird there. Our final stop will be at the two ponds on Athlete’s Way.