) in the upper right corner of the page.The November 2012 ERM status report is available to see what’s going on around the county; just click that link to get the PDF. ERM is sponsoring a dark sky event at Okeeheelee in March (on the 9th), in conjunction with Palm Beach county’s chapter of the International Dark-Sky Association (remember the light pollution presentation . . . → Read More: November ERM project status available now.
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Clive with Live Owl at Everglades Day Come join the fun at the 8th Annual Holiday Party. There will be a demonstration by Clive Pinnock featuring live birds: Screech Owl, Great Horned Owl, and Barred Owl. Learn important facts about these special night birds. Bring your camera and enjoy taking pictures, up close and . . . → Read More: Fri Dec 7 Invitation to Free Annual Okeheelee Winter Holiday Party The December issue of the Everglade Kite is now available on our website. Come Dec 4 to the Annual Holiday Pot Luck Dinner and see Clive Pinnock, naturalist and manager of Okeeheelee Nature Center, present “On the Move: Animal Migration.” Clive Pinnock at Everglades Day In the October and November issues of the KITE Clive wrote background articles entitled Wildlife Survival Strategies Part one and Part two. In . . . → Read More: Tues Dec 4 Annual HOLIDAY POT LUCK DINNER and pgm “Animal Migration” by Clive Pinnock The November 24th bird walk at Green Cay saw nearly a dozen birders tally 40 species on a beautiful fall day. Temperatures in the 50s at the start, high 60s at the end, light breezes, lots of sunshine. We didn’t get the Northern Harrier that people have been seeing regularly, nor the Least or American . . . → Read More: Trip Report: Green Cay (See member picture gallery below). December’s bird of the month, Larus argentatus, is one of two fairly large gulls in Palm Beach County. Herring Gulls are large gulls with hefty bills and robust bodies. In flight, they look barrel-chested and broad-winged compared to smaller species such as Ring-billed Gulls.Adults have light-gray backs, black wingtips, and white . . . → Read More: 2012 December HERRING GULL Bird of the Month For all you photographers out there, here’s the Bird Of The Month List for 2013:
· January – American Robin · February – Cedar Waxwing · March – Common Loon · April – Barn Swallow · May – Purple Martin · June – Red-bellied Woodpecker . . . → Read More: 2013 Bird-of-the-Month list The November issue of the Everglade Kite is now available on our website. Join us on Tuesday, November 6 to hear “Birding in Peru and Panama” by Claudine Laabs, past president of ASE, who will be leading trips to Peru and Panama in the next few months. Her trips come highly recommended by members who have traveled with her previously. Join us to see what awaits you if you travel . . . → Read More: Tuesday, November 6, 7:30 pm Monthly meeting & lecture “Birding in Peru and Panama” by Claudine Laabs  Comments are closed  Latest News  Amazon, Anhinga Trail, beaches, Belize, birding, Blue Cyprus Lake, Brazil, Claudine Laabs, ecology, Florida Bay, Galapagos, Green Cay, history, Panama, Pantanal, Peru, photography, topical ecology, travelogue, tropical rainforests, Wakodahatchee, Yucatan (See member picture gallery below). November’s bird of the month, Larus delawarensis, is one of two fairly common gulls in Palm Beach County. It’s slightly larger than Laughing Gull, our other common larid, although both are considered medium-sized gulls. The bill of the adult is yellow with a black ring (hence the common name), whereas . . . → Read More: 2012 November Ring-billed Gull Bird-of-the-Month Comments are closed Bird of the Month Boynton Beach, Don Mullaney, Joan Murname, Larry Hess, non breeding plumage, ring-billed gull, Stonington Ct, Walt Hackenjos Audubon co-sponsors the Together Green initiative – check out the Fall Cleanup at https://www.facebook.com/togethergreen/app_355059324539370 click here for Everglades Day Feb 9 2013_ED_Flyer_V3 Join us on Tuesday, October 2 as Amy Albury, Director, Environmental Relations and Sustainability Florida Power & Light Company Environmental Services (Juno Beach, Florida) discusses the latest advances in Renewable Energy in Florida. Amy Albury amy.albury@fpl.com Mrs. Amy Albury works for Florida Power & Light Company where besides being the Director of Environmental Relations . . . → Read More: Oct 2, Tues 7:30 pm Meeting & Lecture: “Renewable Energy in Florida” Amy Albury Comments are closed Latest News amy albury, environment, florida power & light, FPL, Juno beach, NextEra, renewable energy, sustainable The October issue of the Everglade Kite is now available online. (See member picture gallery below). October’s bird of the month, Sterna sandvicensis, SANDWICH TERN, is a medium-sized tern with a yellow-tipped black bill. It occurs more regularly on the west coast of Florida than our Atlantic beaches. There is, though, a Caribbean and South American (Atlantic) subspecies, the Cayenne Tern, that has an all-yellow bill. . . . → Read More: 2012 October Sandwich Tern Bird-of-the-Month Comments are closed Bird of the Month cape canaveral, cayenne tern, elegant tern, gull-billed tern, kent england, Larry Hess, royal tern, sandwich tern #gallery-4 { margin: auto; } #gallery-4 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-4 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-4 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Eric Vandernoot with a paper-mache’ model of the asteroid Vesta. Eric Vandernoot with a paper-mache’ model of the asteroid Vesta. Join us . . . → Read More: Tues Sept 4 7:30 pm MEETING & Lecture “The Exponentially Increasing Pollutant: Light” by Eric Vandernoot You can check out all our field trips, programs, and other activities for the year in our annual brochure, now available online. The September issue of the Everglade Kite is now available online. (See member picture gallery below). September’s bird of the month is a familiar sight to beachgoers here, a large, graceful soarer that is ever so ungainly on land: the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). A large bird, it is nevertheless the smallest of the seven species worldwide; its cousin the American White Pelican is substantially larger. . . . → Read More: 2012 September Brown Pelican Bird-of-the-Month Comments are closed Bird of the Month alligater creek, American White Pelican, Bird of the Month, blowing rocks, brown pelican, cayo costa, cliff dean, everglades national park, Fort DeSoto Bay Park Pier, hope sound, jupiter inlet, key largo, Larry Hess, Linda Schad, Lynn Thompson, palm beach zoo, Paul Thacker, Pelecanus occidentalis Each of you makes our Audubon of the Everglades chapter what it is today. We have the largest membership in Florida and one of the most active chapters. Unlike many other chapters, we are a 100% volunteer organization and we serve all of Palm Beach County, the largest county in Florida. you can still print . . . → Read More: LOCAL MEMBERSHIP FORM TO PRINT AND MAIL OR USE PAYPAL and to join National as well Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 7:30 – 9pm Where Mounts Botanical Garden 531 North Military Trail W Palm Beach FL 33415 Audubon Society of the Everglades invited! Note Habitat for Huge Manatees – Dr. Christopher Buzzelli, Senior Scientist, SFWMD Why are submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) habitats important indicators of coastal ecosystem status in south Florida? . . . → Read More: Habitat for Manatees lecture, Tuesday, August 21, 7:30 – 9pm Everyone’s favorite meeting of the year — Ice cream followed by a picture show! Bring your best nature photos and tell us your stories. Limit your photographs to around 12 prints or slides per member. We will have a digital projector so you can bring your digital photos on a USB thumb . . . → Read More: Tues Aug 7, 7pm, MEMBERS’ PHOTOS AND ICE CREAM SOCIAL, monthly meeting http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/documents/audubon_strategic_plan_-_web_2012.pdf http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/documents/audubon_strategic_plan_-_web_2012.pdf Audubon has just announced its strategic plan, a 2012-2015 roadmap for hemispheric conservation, to make it a more powerful force in restoring bird ecosystems, benefitting humanity, wildlife, and the earth’s overall biodiversity. Identifying the priority bird species for each of the four spring and fall migration flyways – Atlantic, Mississippi, Central and . . . → Read More: Audubon Strategic Plan 2012-2015 OPPORTUNITY! If you attended the meeting, you heard from the audience how much fun and intriging these Master Naturalist workshops are — there is still room in the Coastal Module scheduled for Sept. 1-29 at Mac Beach. Contact Steve Bass at stephenbass@earthlink.net. (Other upcoming classes: Wildlife Monitoring: Oct. 20,27, Nov. 3. Upland Habitats: Jan. 5,12,26, Feb.2,9. Freshwater: . . . → Read More: Tuesday,July 3,7:30 p.m. MEETING &LECTURE “Master Naturalist Program” by Stephen Bass The July/August issue of the Everglade Kite has been posted to our archive. Native plants are a great way to add color and life to your property, but you need to be careful where you plant them, particularly if you live in a development. Typically, your development, not you, owns the margins of the property along utility easements. That means that you, like this Greenacres man, could be . . . → Read More: Careful where you plant your natives: you could wind up in jail! MEMBER MEETING & LECTURE “Prehistoric Earthworks in Palm Beach County” by Christian Davenport, Palm Beach County’s Historic Preservation Officer, Tuesday, June 5, 7:30 p.m.
Christian Davenport, Palm Beach County Historic Preservation Officer Come to the June 5 meeting and hear Chris Davenport talk about the Prehistoric Earthworks of Palm Beach County. Chris has been . . . → Read More: Tuesday, June 5, 7:30 p.m. MEETING & LECTURE Prehistoric Earthworks/Chris Davenport The May/June issue of the Everglade Kite is now online. MEMBER MEETING & LECTURE “Lifestyles of Butterflies in the Garden” by Alana Edwards, Education & Training Coordinator, FAU’s Center for Environmental Studies. Tuesday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.
Alana Covered with Tawny Emperor Butterflies Come to the May 1 meeting and hear Alana Edwards show us about the life styles of butterflies in your own . . . → Read More: Tuesday, May 1, 7:30 p.m. MEETING & LECTURE Butterflies/Alana Edwards ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING, ELECTION OF OFFICERS AT POT-LUCK DINNER & LECTURE “Lake Okeechobee – Natural & Human History “ by Keynote Speaker: Paul Gray, Audubon Florida Tuesday, April 3, 6:30 p.m. Please note list of officers – members will vote on this slate and the budget at the meeting. President Cynthia Plockelman 1st Vice . . . → Read More: Tues Apr 3 — ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING, ELECTION OF OFFICERS AT POT-LUCK DINNER & LECTURE |
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