STATE PARK TO HOST EDUCATIONAL BIRD WALK -Visitors invited to participate in a guided bird walk program at Anastasia State Park – Saint Augustine, Fla.– The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Anastasia State Park will host an educational “Guided Bird Walk” program on various days from January – March 2020. Come meet the birds at Anastasia State Park, proudly part ...
6351 Stringfellow Rd., St. James City, Pine Island Trail Length: 1.1 miles; Degree of Difficulty: Moderate One of very few places in Lee County to see naturalized longleaf pines. This habitat supports the gopher tortoise, a threatened species. All walks are free. No registration is required. Walks are led by trained volunteers and interpretive naturalists. Meeting location is the preserve ...
Hernando Audubon Meeting: Backyard Birdfeeding 101 will be the topic of a talk by Lucy Polak and Greg Williams, both from Wild Birds Unlimited, Tampa. The essential elements of attracting birds to a yard are food, water, shelter, and nesting opportunity. Different types of feeders offering a variety of food, ranging from seed and peanuts to suet and mealworms, will ...
Hernando Audubon Beginning Birding: Friday, March 27, 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 and bird books available for use. For information, text Linda at 352-428-2629 or email lindalark85@gmail.com.
Friday, April 10th, 2020 at Koreshan State Park we will celebrate Florida’s Annual Gopher Tortoise Day. You can help celebrate Florida’s only native tortoise by discovering more about these magnificent creatures and what you can do to help ensure their conservation throughout Florida and in your own backyard. The goal of Gopher Tortoise Day at Koreshan State Park is to ...
Join a park naturalist for a talk on butterflies of Koreshan State Park and Southwest Florida. Topics will touch on differences between moths and butterflies, butterfly development, plants that support butterflies, netting techniques, tagging and more. Talk will be held in the Art Hall of Koreshan State Park. Reservations requested. Please call 239-992-0311.Talk is free with park entry fee: $5 ...
Participants limited. Make reservations with Claudia: camsler36@gmail.com or 813-244-0305. Masks required. At 8 a.m. meet in the parking lot at 13489 Government Road. From US-19 turn east on Deer Run Road. At the intersection with Government Road, go straight in the right lane. Along the 1.5 mile trail through sandhill and hardwood hammock and a powerline right-of-way, expect to see ...
Eugene Kelly, chair of the Florida Native Plant Society's Policy and Legislative Committee, will discuss the park’s native wildlife and plant communities, regional significance, and the recently completed Weeki Wachee Carrying Capacity Study that was conducted to provide a basis for improved management of the degraded parts of the river system. To join the webinar meeting, send an email with ...
Participants limited. Make reservations with Linda: text 352-428-2629 or email lindalark85@gmail.com. Masks required. 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.
Ann Paul will speak about the rarest heron in North America. Ms. Paul is an expert in waterbird populations and management of coastal habitats for wildlife, having worked for Audubon’s Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries from 1991 as the Tampa Bay Regional Coordinator until she retired in 2020. The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 28 at 7 p.m. at ...