Audubon Everglades Christmas Bird Count Compilation Gathering
2018-12-30 17:30 (America/New_York)

Spanish River Park Birding
2021-10-02 08:00 - 10:00 | Spanish River Park, 3001 N. State Road A-1-A, Boca Raton, FL, 33431
Take a morning walk with Kenny Miller and discover the bird inhabitants and migratory visitors at the beautiful Spanish River Park located in Boca Raton. There is a park entrance fee: $19.00 weekends. Metered parking is available along the roadside.
Please meet at the Northern most parking area.
No registration required.

Tall Cypress Natural Area
2021-10-03 08:00 - 10:00 | Tall Cypress Natural Area, 3700 Turtle Run Boulevard, Coral Springs, FL, 33065, United States
Join Bruce Pickholtz looking for birds amongst the continuous canopy of tall Cypress trees at this beautiful Broward County Park. Please meet at the parking lot.

Dr. Steven Whitfield: Flamingo Project
2021-10-05 19:00 - 21:00 | https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAucemsrD4pHtOrmA6De_jErj0NrN2CJn8Y
Join us as we welcome conservation biologist Dr. Steven Whitfield of Zoo Miami and learn about the intriguing and iconic Florida flamingos. Dr. Whitfield will clarify the history of the species in Florida, address cutting-edge science by Zoo Miami’s conservation team and partners to identify the origins of the birds and highlight efforts to help this species recover in Florida’s natural areas.”The Flamingo Project”

Through the 19th century naturalists noted large flocks of American Flamingos visiting South Florida. Yet, by the start of the 20th century the flamingos had disappeared — the victims of unregulated hunting for food and for the emerging plume trade. In the early 20th century, several wealthy industrialists imported flamingos into Florida to inhabit private ponds on their estates and some birds escaped into natural areas. With wild flocks lost and escaped captive birds on the loose, ornithologists and wildlife biologists speculated through the 20th and 21st centuries about the origins of flamingos in Florida.

Are they the last wild birds surviving in remote areas? Are they escaped individuals of just one more introduced species finding a home in Florida’s warm climate? Or are they birds from outside Florida reclaiming habitats where they once lived before hunting drove them extinct? Dr. Whitfield will clarify the history of the species in Florida, address cutting-edge science by Zoo Miami’s conservation team and partners to identify the origins of the birds, and highlight efforts to help this species recover in Florida’s natural areas.

Dr. Steven Whitfield is a conservation biologist at Zoo Miami, where he leads conservation research projects with rare and endangered species, including Gopher Tortoises in South Florida, amphibians in Central America, and American Flamingos in Florida. Since joining Zoo Miami’s conservation team in 2015, Dr. Whitfield has been working to build a scientific basis for the conservation and recovery of Florida’s iconic flamingos, more than a century after the last large flocks of wild birds were devastated by hunting in the late 1800s.Dr. Whitfield holds a PhD and MS in biology from Florida International University and has more than 20 years of experience conducting conservation fieldwork in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAucemsrD4pHtOrmA6De_jErj0NrN2CJn8Y

Jonathan Dickinson State Park Scrub Jay Walk
2021-10-06 09:00 - 11:00 | Jonathon Dickenson State Park, 16450 S.E. Federal Highway, Hobe Sound, Florida, 33455
Walk through the globally imperiled Florida scrub and learn about this unique ecosystem and the wildlife, particularly the Florida Scrub Jay, that depends on it to survive.

Meet: Take the first left after the entry to the Ranger Station, then park in the small lot just ahead on the right.

Robert J. Huckshorn Arboretum at FAU Jupiter Campus
2021-10-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Robert J. Huckshorn Arboretum, 5353 Parkside Dr., Jupiter, Florida, 33458
Field Guide: Tuly Datena and Alana Edwards

Visit this created native garden nestled within the North campus, which showcases various South Florida ecosystems and is a favorite stopover for migratory birds. Learn about the native plants and the birds and pollinators that frequent the area.

Meet at the Arboretum.

Nature Journaling: It's for the Birds!
2021-10-08 18:30 - 19:30
Field Guide: Autumn Kioti

In this two part workshop, one part virtual, one part in-person experience, journey to the crossroads of art, ecology, and exploration. During the virtual portion of the workshop, we will begin by defining Autumn’s version of nature journaling and their materials, and then explore various techniques in preparation for part 2 of the workshop. During part 2 of the workshop. we will meet in person at Peaceful Waters Sanctuary in Wellington, we will use the techniques taught in part 1; finding the questions in nature, learning to create images “in the field,” and using the natural world to take a journey deeper into ourselves and our artistic practices.

This workshop is offered through a partnership between Audubon Everglades and Wildness is Necessary.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nature-journaling-its-for-the-birds-tickets-167952599747

Frenchman's Forest
2021-10-09 08:00 - 11:00 | Frenchman’s Forest, 12201 Prosperity Farms Rd, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, 33410
Field Guide: Melanie & Steve Garcia

Known as the Home of Seven Ecosystems, this 172-acre natural area is a great spot to see migratory birds and many of the native bird inhabitants. Meet in parking lot. No registration required.

Nature Journaling: It's for the Birds!
2021-10-10 09:30 - 12:00 | Peaceful Waters Sanctuary, 11676 Pierson Road, Wellington, FL, 33414, United States
Field Guide: Autumn Kioti

This is part 2 of the Nature Journalling workshop. We will meet in person at Peaceful Waters Sanctuary in Wellington, we will use the techniques taught in part 1; finding the questions in nature, learning to create images “in the field,” and using the natural world to take a journey deeper into ourselves and our artistic practices. Please meet at Peaceful Waters in the Parking lot.

This workshop is offered through a partnership between Audubon Everglades and Wildness is Necessary.

Orchard View Park
2021-10-11 08:00 - 11:00 | Orchard View Park, 4200 Old Germantown Rd, Delray Beach, Florida, 33445
Field Guide: Sue Young

Join Sue Young on a birding walk through this six acre park.

Meet: Please meet near parking area. No registration required.

STA 5/6 Hendry Glades
2021-10-16 08:00 - 13:00
Field Guide: Hendry-Glades Staff

Through a partnership with Hendry-Glades Audubon, the South Florida Water Management District will offer the public escorted birding trips to Stormwater Treatment Area 5 (STA-5/6) located at the Blumberg Road Public Access Trailhead.

Registration is required through Hendry Glades Audubon. For more Information and to register please visit: https://www.hendrygladesaudubon.org/?page_id=110)

Nature Journaling
2021-10-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom Link
Field Guide: Autumn Kioti

In this two part workshop, one part virtual, one part in-person experience, we’ll journey to the crossroads of art, ecology, and exploration. During the virtual portion of the workshop, taking place on October 22, we will begin by defining Autumn’s version of nature journaling and their materials, and then explore various techniques in preparation for part 2 of the workshop. During part 2 of the workshop, when we will meet in person at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, we will use the techniques taught in part 1; finding the questions in nature, learning to create images “in the field,” and using the natural world to take a journey deeper into ourselves and our artistic practices.

This workshop focuses not only on drawing or painting skills, but will also delve into creative writing, and even citizen science! At the end of this workshop, you’ll know how to translate this lesson into a practice that continues out-of-doors and anywhere you find yourself with a pencil and paper.

This workshop is offered through a partnership between Audubon Everglades and Wildness is Necessary.

Seacrest Scrub
2021-10-23 08:00 - 11:00 | Seacrest Scrub Natural Area, 3400 S Seacrest Blvd, Boynton Beach, 33435
Field Guide: Sue Young

The 54-acre Seacrest Scrub Natural Area located in Boynton Beach, has a variety of migratory and wintering songbirds.

Meet in parking lot.

No registration required.

Nature Journaling Session 2: Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR
2021-10-24 09:30 - 11:00 | Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, 10216 Lee Road, Boynton Beach, FL, 33473, United States
Instructor: Autumn Kioti

During part 2 of the workshop, when we will meet in person at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, we will use the techniques taught in part 1; finding the questions in nature, learning to create images “in the field,” and using the natural world to take a journey deeper into ourselves and our artistic practices.

This workshop focuses not only on drawing or painting skills, but will also delve into creative writing, and even citizen science! At the end of this workshop, you’ll know how to translate this lesson into a practice that continues out-of-doors and anywhere you find yourself with a pencil and paper.

This workshop is offered through a partnership between Audubon Everglades and Wildness is Necessary.

Meet: Meet in front of Visitor’s Center

A1-FEB
2021-10-30 08:00 - 13:00
Please bring lunch, fluids and SWFMD Liability Release form available on Hendry Glades Audubon website. There is a parking lot as you enter, please meet here. Porta-Potty up the grade. New entrance is South of the old, MM 53. 179 species of birds have been reported from here.

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Wakodahatchee
2021-11-01 17:00 - 19:00 | Wakodahatchee, 13270 Jog Rd, Delray, Fl, 33484
Take  a short late afternoon walk with Valerie Brauer on the elevated boardwalks of this beautiful, created wetland and have an up-close experience with our resident birds and migratory visitors at a Delray Beach birding hotspot.

Our Florida Big Year Adventure
2021-11-02 18:45 - 21:00
In 2020, birders and naturalists Natasza Fontaine and Robert Gundy set out to break the 2019 Florida Big Year Record of 387 species. Working full-time jobs, they spent their weekends driving 60,000 miles through Florida searching to add as many species as they could to their list. They birded on and off trails, in boats in their car and by bicycle. And all along, they made a particular effort to provide documentation of their sightings. Because Big Years are done on the honor system, the pair wanted to provide as much transparency as possible. Final count: Gundy 388 species, Natasza 386 species. Success! To see their full list click here. Join us as Natasza and Gundy share all their exploits on their great birding adventure!

Natasza Fontaine is an M.S. student in the biology department at FSU. Her thesis is focused on understanding plant diversity and distribution to assess bird habitat associations for conservation management. She holds a visual arts degree from Norfolk State University (B.A.) and a communication degree focused on television production from the New York Institute of Technology (M.A.).

Robert Gundy is a Field Biologist, Florida Natural Areas Inventory at Florida State University (FSU). Gundy, who goes by his last name, is a Florida native and FSU graduate. He has been a wildlife biologist with Florida Natural Areas Inventory since 2016. An avid birder since 2010, Gundy is also a naturalist with broad interests in the living world, working with reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and flowers.

Nature Journaling: It's for the Birds
2021-11-05 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual
Part I, Virtual

This two-part workshop, one part virtual, one part in-person, is a journey to the crossroads of art, ecology, and exploration. During the virtual portion of the workshop, we will begin by reviewing Autumn’s version of nature journaling and its materials and then explore various techniques in preparation for part 2 of the workshop. During part 2 of the workshop. we will meet in person at Wellington Environmental Preserve in Wellington, where we will use the techniques taught in part 1: finding the questions in nature, learning to create images “in the field,” and using the natural world to journey deeper into ourselves and our artistic practices.

This workshop is offered through a partnership between Audubon Everglades and Wildness is Necessary.

STA 5/6 Hendry Glades
2021-11-06 08:00 - 13:00
Through a partnership with Hendry-Glades Audubon, the South Florida Water Management District offers public escorted driving tour birding trips to Stormwater Treatment Area 5 (STA-5/6) located at the Blumberg Road Public Access Trailhead.  Registration is  required  through Hendry-Glades Audubon. For more information on where to meet, directions and how to register please visit:  https://www.hendrygladesaudubon.org

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Tall Cypress Natural Area
2021-11-07 08:00 - 10:00 | Tall Cypress Natural Area, 3700 Turtle Run Boulevard, Coral Springs, FL, 33065, United States
Join Bruce  Pickholtz  of Tropical Audubon to look for birds in  the  dense  canopy of tall Cypress trees at this beautiful Broward County Park.  Please meet at the parking lot.

Nature Journaling: It's for the Birds!
2021-11-07 09:30 - 12:00 | Wellington Environmental Preserve, 3491 Flying Cow Ranch Road, Wellington, FL, 33470, United States
This two-part workshop, one part virtual, one part in-person, is a journey to the crossroads of art, ecology, and exploration. During the virtual portion of the workshop, we will begin by reviewing Autumn’s version of nature journaling and its materials and then explore various techniques in preparation for part 2 of the workshop. During part 2 of the workshop. we will meet in person at Wellington Environmental Preserve in Wellington, where we will use the techniques taught in part 1: finding the questions in nature, learning to create images “in the field,” and using the natural world to journey deeper into ourselves and our artistic practices.

Meet: Wellington Environmental Preserve north parking lot.

ADA Accessible

This workshop is offered through a partnership between Audubon Everglades and Wildness is Necessary.

Robert J. Huckshorn Arboretum at FAU Jupiter Campus
2021-11-09 12:00 - 13:00 | http://www.ces.fau.edu/arboretum/directions.php
Visit this native garden nestled within the FAU Jupiter campus, which showcases various South Florida ecosystems and is a favorite stopover for migratory birds. Learn about the native plants and the birds and pollinators that frequent the area. Registration is required through FAU. Please meet at Gazebo in Arboretum. Driving and parking directions: http://www.ces.fau.edu/arboretum/directions.php

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Green Cay Wetland
2021-11-12 08:00 - 10:00 | Green Cay Wetland, 12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton Beach, Florida, 33437
Take a walk with Valerie Brauer on the elevated boardwalks of a beautiful, created wetland and see resident birds and migratory visitors at this Boynton Beach birding hotspot.

Meet: Please meet outside Nature Center main door.

Peaceful Waters Sanctuary
2021-11-13 07:30 - 10:00 | Peaceful Waters Sanctuary, 11676 Pierson Road, Wellington, FL, 33414, United States
Join Scott Zucker to explore the boardwalk and berms of this beautiful, created wetland and see the resident birds and migratory visitors at this seldom-visited birding hotspot in Wellington.

Meet: Please meet in designated parking area.

Everglades National Park Birding
2021-11-13 07:30 - 15:00 | Everglades National Park, 40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, Florida, 33034
Join John Boyd of Tropical Audubon for this all-day caravan excursion (Be sure to bring lunch.) through the beautiful and lush Everglades National Park to see our resident birds and migratory visitors.

Fee: Entry fee of $30 per vehicle, unless you have a park pass.

Registration: https://support.tropicalaudubon.org/a/everglades-national-park-birding

Meet: Meet in the parking lot of the Coe Visitor Center at Everglades National Park at 7:30am.

Registration: https://support.tropicalaudubon.org/a/everglades-national-park-birding

Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
2021-11-15 07:30 - 23:30 | Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, 10216 Lee Road, Boynton Beach, FL, 33473, United States
Join Sue Young to see resident birds and migratory visitors as you explore Lee Road, the Marsh Trail berms, and the Cypress Swamp boardwalk at one of the largest National Wildlife Refuges in the contiguous United States. Entry fee of $10 per vehicle, unless you have a  park  pass.   Please meet in Marsh Trail Parking lot.

Jonathan Dickinson State Park Scrub Jay Walk
2021-11-17 09:00 - 11:00 | Johnathan Dickinson State Park, 16450 S.E. Federal hwy, Hobe Sound, Florida, 33455
Join Jim Howe, JD SP volunteer, for a walk through the imperiled Florida scrub habitat and learn about this unique ecosystem and the wildlife that depends on it to survive, particularly the Florida Scrub Jay.

Fee: Entry fee of $6.00 per vehicle, unless you have a park pass.

Meet: Take the first left after the entry to the Ranger Station, then park in the small lot just ahead on the right.

Crandon Park
2021-11-20 08:00 - 10:00 | Crandon Park, 6747 Crandon Blvd, Key Biscayne, Florida, 33149
Join Eliana Ardila Kramer (bilingual) & Marc Kramer from Birding by Bus for a stroll through lovely Crandon Park (6747 Crandon Blvd) on Key Biscayne in Dade County.

Fee: $7.00 per vehicle (Payable using Paybyphone) https://www.paybyphone.com/locations/miami and the Rickenbacker Causeway toll.

Meet: Meet at the entrance to Crandon Gardens (the old zoo) at the south end of the park.

Wakodahatchee
2021-11-20 08:00 - 10:00 | Wakodahatchee, 13270 Jog Rd, Delray, Fl, 33484
Take a short walk with Chris Golia on the elevated boardwalks of this beautiful, created wetland, and have an up-close experience with our resident birds and migratory visitors at this Delray Beach birding hotspot.

Fee: Free

Meet: Please meet at entrance to boardwalk in parking area.

STA 5/6 Hendry-Glades
2021-11-20 08:00 - 13:00
Through a partnership with Hendry-Glades Audubon, the South Florida Water Management District will offer the public escorted birding trips to Stormwater Treatment Area 5 (STA-5/6) located at the Blumberg Road Public Access Trailhead.

Meet: In the STA 5/6 parking lot

Registration is  required  through Hendry-Glades Audubon. For more Information and to register please visit:  https://www.hendrygladesaudubon.org/?page_id=110

https://www.hendrygladesaudubon.org/?page_id=110
