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Next Saturday, February 6th, please join us at the 11th Annual Everglades Day Festival–“Arts in the Everglades!
Saturday Feb 6, 8am-4pm at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, 10216 Lee Road , Boynton Beach
In this official “Year of the Everglades”, come visit and enjoy our precious heritage with trained guides and special tours, outdoor canoeing, presentations, and special art and nature events. Free, family [...]

by Valleri Brauer
We had a perfect formula for a very successful birding weekend, January 23 & 24: 18 enthusiastic birders meeting 3 wonderful guides, reporting 94 species of birds and ducks, beautiful weather, great camaraderie and a photographer’s dream. Who could ask for more? We started out early from Palm Beach County to [...]

It’s here! Come to the 11th Annual Everglades Day Festival –“Arts in the Everglades ”
Saturday Feb 6, 8am-4pm at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, 10216 Lee Road , Boynton Beach
In this official “Year of the Everglades”, come visit and enjoy our precious heritage with trained guides and special tours, outdoor canoeing, presentations, and special art and nature events. Free, family friendly, and [...]

Nearly 60 hardy birders, on 15 teams, ventured into the brisk outdoors Saturday, January 3, to take part in the annual West Palm Beach Christmas Bird Count.  A cold front had passed through the previous day, leaving morning temperatures in the 40′s and a northwest breeze blowing 10 to 20 miles an hour– conditions not ideal for some smaller [...]

[ February 16, 2010; 2:00 pm; ] In our continuing series of afternoon meetings in Boca Raton, Dr. Peggy Van Arman will be speaking on shells. Ben Peggy will be speaking on shells at Gumbo Limbo on Feb. 16, 2010. Dr. VanArman conducted dissertation research on biology and ecology of crayfish in relation to Everglades restoration and is a member of the [...]

[ January 30, 2010; 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] January 30, 4:30 – 6 PM

Join us for a wonderful sunset/moonrise cruise to see the country’s first National Wildlife Refuge.  We will carpool from the parking lot of Publix just west of I-95 on North Lake Boulevard – meet at 2PM and depart at 2:30 (or meet at Captain Hiram’s Marina in Sebastian at 4 PM.)  The [...]

On November 14, we experienced our first estuary walk which was  fun and informative once we recovered from our “cold feet”.  Kathryn Rothenburg showed us many of the tiny creatures that inhabit the mangroves – mangrove crabs in the trees!, mangrove snails, fiddler crabs and oyster communities.  The birds put on a good show with [...]

[ January 19, 2010; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Tuesday, January 19, 2009, 2:00 p.m. In our continuing series of afternoon meetings in Boca Raton, Ann Weinrich will be speaking on bird behavior. Ms. Weinrich started birding with her grandmother when she was 2 years old—a robin! She still has her grandmother’s field notes from their first trip to Everglades National Park in the 1950’s. [...]

[ January 29, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Friday Jan 29, 6:30 to 9 pm there will be a gala Fundraiser art reception at Urs Art Studio Gallery, Boynton Beach 561-734-6926. This will be a special show for Audubon Society of the Everglades , designed especially for us. Said Suzette Urs, who is curating this special exhibition, “You will be amazed with [...]

[ January 30, 2010; 2:00 pm; ] Sunset Cruise at the first National Wildlife Refuge in the country. Leader: Claudine Laabs. Call 561-655-9779 for more info and to sign up.

[ January 30, 2010; 8:00 am; ] Meet at Riverbend Park, Indiantown Road 1 mile west of the Turnpike in Jupiter. Leader: Ed Kawecki

[ January 23, 2010 to January 24, 2010. ] Call Valeri Brauer to register, 561-385-9787

[ January 16, 2010 to January 17, 2010. ] Call Linda Humphries, 561-742-7791 to register.

[ January 9, 2010; 7:30 am to 10:30 am. ] Meet at Palmetto trailhead at 7:30. Leader TBD.

[ November 4, 2009; 7:30 am to 10:30 am. November 21, 2009; 7:30 am to 10:30 am. January 6, 2010; 7:30 am to 10:30 am. April 3, 2010; 7:30 am to 10:30 am. ] ASE is invited to accompany Pat Canning on her regular weekly walk at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. $5 fee for cars to enter the refuge, unless you have an annual pass or, better yet, a duck stamp.

[ January 5, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The program for January’s general meeting features Larry Manfredi, professional bird guide, who will be speaking on “Florida’s Fabulous Birds”

[ July 6, 2009; 2:00 pm; September 22, 2009; 7:00 pm; October 27, 2009; 7:00 pm; November 24, 2009; 7:00 pm; December 22, 2009; 7:00 pm; January 26, 2010; 7:00 pm; February 23, 2010; 7:00 pm; March 23, 2010; 7:00 pm; April 27, 2010; 7:00 pm; May 25, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] 7 p.m., West Palm Beach Fire Rescue 2 (Phipps Park), 4301 S. Dixie Hwy, WPB