Archive for March, 2009

Great Florida Birding Trail newsletter

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

In case you haven’t found it, our own Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the folks behind the Great Florida Birding Trail publish a biannual newsletter, and the Spring edition is now available. Each issue highlights a few sites from the various portions of the trail (East, West, Panhandle, and South), along with highlights of [...]

March and April Kites now online

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

The March and April editions of ASE’s newsletter, the Everglade Kite, are now available online.

Big O Birding Festival this weekend

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Birding workshops, tours, programs, all in our own backyard, this weekend (April 3-6)! To find out more, check out the official website. This is one of the best birding festivals in our area. Actually, Florida has some of the best birding festivals anywhere; the Space Coast birding festival in January is one of the premier [...]

April is Earth Day month

Monday, March 16th, 2009

There are lots of exciting events coming up in April in Palm Beach County. A few of them are listed below:
Big O Birding Festival, April 3-5
Naturescaping, John D. McArthur Beach State Park, Saturday, April 4, 10-4
Earth Day at Okeeheelee Nature Center, Saturday, April 18, 8-4
Earth Day at Daggerwing Nature Center, Saturday, April 25,  10-3
Please come [...]

Trip Report, Okeeheelee March 14

Monday, March 16th, 2009

The field trip to Okeeheelee on March 14, 2009 was a success. Six birders joined me as we got to see all three target birds (Painted Bunting, Wood Duck, and Sandhill Crane). We were greeted at the visitor center by a loud noise which sounded like a machine gun. It turned out to be a [...]