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Enjoy birding with Bay County Audubon

Enjoy birding field trips with Bay County Audubon this fall 2024. Saturday, October 19: Fall migration birding in Port St. Joe and Cape San Blas. This is a good place to see migrating birds, especially raptors, as they make their long journey to South and Central America. We will start out in downtown Port St. Joe at the boat ramp near the Lighthouse and work our way to the Cape, stopping at Salinas Park and possibly the State Park if...

Choctawhatchee Audubon Society October 2024 activities

Join Choctawhatchee Audubon for bird walks and program this October, 2024. Exotic Birds, Flora, & Other Fauna: Pictures from the enchanted Isle of Madagascar by Neil J. Lamb Oct. 3 Join in on Oct. 3 to discover the wonders of Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, located in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa. Home to five endemic bird families and an extraordinary array of lemurs, chameleons, and plants, Madagascar offers a unique glimpse into nature’s marvels....

Bay Audubon birding field trips for September

All Bay County Audubon Society’s field trips are free and open to the public. Remember: Use proper birding etiquette, stay on the trails, limit talking while others are trying to hear birds, bring sunscreen, insect repellent, walking shoes, snacks and drinks. If you don’t have binoculars, we have some to lend. We may cancel if it looks like heavy rain is probable, Call Ron Houser for questions: 850-774-9733 Saturday, September 14: “Birds and Burgers” at St. Andrews State Park. This is...

Choctawhatchee Audubon Society September activities

Join Choctawhatchee Audubon for bird walks and program this September, 2024. The colony of Tristán de Luna: unearthing secrets of the 1559 expedition presentation in Niceville Sept. 5 Join in on Thursday, September 5th, as John R. Bratten, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology at the University of West Florida, presents a talk on the 1559-1561 Tristán de Luna y Arellano expedition, the most ambitious Spanish attempt to colonize Florida. The hurricane that destroyed most of the fleet created a rich archaeological...

Join Choctawhatchee Audubon for birding field trips and more

May 2, 2024 – Join Choctawhatchee Audubon as Jim Cox discusses the Red-cockaded Woodpecker. This bird was listed as endangered in 1970. The old-growth pine forests and prescribed fires needed to sustain the woodpecker were in short supply during this period and most populations were in noticeable decline. Biologists working with woodpeckers were pessimistic about future prospects, but conditions began to change in the early 1990s with the advent of new management tools and development of a comprehensive recovery plan...

Go birding, learn about wildlife with Bay County Audubon Society  

Go birding, learn about wildlife with Bay County Audubon Society. Upcoming events, presentations, and field trips and more with Bay County Audubon Society in March and April 2024.  Field trips are subject to the weather. No rain dates have been scheduled. For questions, call or email Ron Houser at 850-774-9733; ronhouser84@gmail.com. March 11: Meet in person in the St. Andrews Episcopal Church Parish Hall at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month, September-May. Informal socializing starts at 6:30 p.m., routine business...

Join in on the annual Audubon Backyard Bird Count Feb. 16 – 19

Have 15 minutes to spare for the birds? Join Audubon for the 26th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), taking place February 16 – 19, 2024. Bird and nature lovers everywhere, of all skill levels and all abilities, unite in the effort to tally as many of the world’s bird species as possible over these four days. Combined with other bird counts, GBBC results help create a clearer picture of how birds are faring—whether individual species are declining, increasing, or...