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The May/June Kite is now available online.

About a dozen birders joined leader Chuck Weber for a windy morning of birding at Boca Raton’s Spanish River Park. Lured by earlier season sightings of uncommon vireos, elusive warblers (Swainson’s!), and other potential good birds, the group was nevertheless quite cheerful in the presence of so much easterly wind, which pretty much mandated the [...]

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for MAY 30! COME TO PINE JOG! JOIN THE FUN!
ASE’S  TogetherGreen grant is well underway to develop a demonstration landscape project at FAU/Pine Jog Environmental Education Center along with educational outreach to help Palm Beach County residents learn to save precious water while restoring  natural habitats and using rainwater harvesting.  Water consumption [...]

Once again our legislators have lost sight of the goal. A bill currently wending its way through the legislature, HB1349, would gut what remaining protections they have. One of the most troubling provisions of the bill is that a permit application just has to be prepared and signed by an engineer, and be considered complete [...]

If you’re looking to spruce up your yard a little bit, now is the perfect time. Get your plants in before the rainy season starts, water until the rains come, and you’ve got yourself a great head start on a new native plant garden. For ideas on what plants will attract birds to your garden, [...]

The Bird of the Month for April is Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio). Bring pictures (if you have any!) to the meeting; come and hear special information about this denizen of the night that is far more frequently heard than seen.
Is there a special bird you have been wondering about? Call Linda or email hlindaase@aol.
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Twelve birders showed up March 24 at Hypoluxo Scrub for ASE’s scheduled bird walk through one of Palm Beach County’s few remaining scrub sites. The weather was sunny and nice. We saw Cedar Waxwings while waiting in the parking lot. There were also Eurasian Collared-Doves. Once we entered the scrub itself, we saw Northern Cardinal, [...]

In our ongoing effort to keep you informed and entertained, we have changed the organization of our website slightly. All events are now listed on a master page, Events, available on the main blue bar running across the page. There are subpages under that page for Field Trips, Birding Festivals, and Palm Beach County environmental [...]

The FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center is hosting an event that everyone here is sure to love: an extreme backyard makeover! Saturday, May 30, from 12-3, there will be all kinds of fun stuff going on. Here is what their publicity has to say:

Save the Date!
Extreme Backyard Makeover
Go Native!
Saturday, May 30th
9 a.m. – 12 [...]

Come celebrate Earth Day at Okeeheelee Nature Center in West Palm Beach. Live birds of prey, nature crafts, movies, raffle, silent auction and more! An informational flyer is available at the nature center’s website, or you can click here for the PDF.

From 10-4 on Saturday, April 4, At MacArthur Beach State Park. If you’re not going to be at the Big O Birding Festival, head on out to the beach and learn about native plants and animals at one of the last remaining large tropical hammocks in Palm Beach County. This is a jewel of a [...]