Audubon Florida Assembly
For more information about this year's assembly and how to register please visit this website: https://fl.audubon.org/news/audubon-florida-assembly-conservation-changing-landscape
For more information about this year's assembly and how to register please visit this website: https://fl.audubon.org/news/audubon-florida-assembly-conservation-changing-landscape
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...
Join us at the Nature Center to play Wingspan. Learn about birds and their habitats, food, nests, etc. while playing a competitive game. We will play from 12:30 - 3:00 pm. Scheduled dates are Oct 4&18, Nov 1&18, Dec 6& 20, Jan 3 & 19, Feb 7 & 21, Mar 6...
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.
Help keep our area garbage free! Questions? Please click the Organizer’s name below to access their email address or phone number.
Dr. Mark Brazil, “Birds of Japan” ornithologist, natural historian, nature guide, and author noted for his work on East Asian birds. Register here to attend the zoom meeting. To view the meeting, click here.
Meet Mary Heinlen and Claire Herzog in front of the pavilion with the American flag that is to the right as you enter the main parking lot of Siesta Kay beach. Learn to identify shorebirds as you enjoy an approximately 1.5 mile walk in the sand along the beach. Questions? Please click the Organizer’s name below...
Please join us at the Nature Center for a Meet and Greet. This is a great way for our members to see each other face-to-face! Meet your board members and enjoy a short presentation by a local environmentalist. Light refreshments. Nov 15, Jan 17 and Mar 20 at 2 - 3:30 pm in the Nature...
3rd and 4th Thursdays Nov-Mar, 8:30-10:30 am. Peter Brown (207-994-9885) Meet at Lake Osprey Nature Center, 1843 S. Tamiami Trail, Osprey, FL. A fee to enter the park. We will strive to find the endangered Florida Scrub Jay and other resident birds - 1.5 mile walk on trails.
Join us at the Nature Center to play Wingspan. Learn about birds and their habitats, food, nests, etc. while playing a competitive game. We will play from 12:30 - 3:00 pm. Scheduled dates are Oct 4&18, Nov 1&18, Dec 6& 20, Jan 3 & 19, Feb 7 & 21, Mar 6...
Participants are free to join any 4th Thursday to learn how to find birds by song, calls, ID, and habitats. We will also use Merlin and eBird, two popular bird apps from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Meet up with Kathryn Young at the nature center. Call or text with questions. Nov 23, Dec 28,...
3rd and 4th Thursdays Nov-Mar, 8:30-10:30 am. Peter Brown (207-994-9885) Meet at Lake Osprey Nature Center, 1843 S. Tamiami Trail, Osprey, FL. A fee to enter the park. We will strive to find the endangered Florida Scrub Jay and other resident birds - 1.5 mile walk on trails.
Meet Stu Wilson (512-897-8341) and Cathy Paris at first parking lot on the right after main (SR72) entrance. There is a park fee. There will be stops along the main park road to find birds. Bring a lunch or buy one at the concession stand if wanting to stay for lunch. Participants are free to...