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Join in on the Florida Bluebird Blitz Nov. 8-9

Help be a part of counting Florida’s bluebird population The Florida Bluebird Society’s 2013 Statewide Fall Bluebird Blitz will be held Friday November 8 and Saturday November 9, 2013. Faith Jones, Chair of the FBS Statewide Bluebird Blitz, said the goal of the Blitz is to gather information about bluebirds in Florida in an effort to help determine the health of the species in the Sunshine State.  Reports from participants over a span of years will help reveal if Florida’s...

Choctawhatchee Audubon events for October 2013

October 3: MONTHLY MEETING: The Choctawhatchee Audubon Society will present the following program at its regular monthly meeting: Madagascar:  Animals and Birds by Lenny Fenimore, Ornithologist.  A Dramatic Photo Presentation of the birds, lemurs, chameleons, people and culture of Madagascar. The meeting will be held in Rm 130 of the Student Services Center at the Niceville campus of Northwest Florida State College and will begin at 6:30 PM with socializing and light refreshments. The meeting is free and open to...

Happy first day of autumn

The autumnal equinox, the official first day of fall, Sept. 22, 2013 On the autumnal equinox, the sun is directly over the earth’s equator, and there are equal hours of day and night. Since the summer solstice, days have been getting shorter, and from now until the vernal equinox, the days will remain shorter than nights....

Choctawhatchee Audubon birding events for September

Choctawhatchee Audubon field trip to Point Washington State Forest Sept. 7 Join the Choctawhatchee Audubon for a field trip to Point Washington State Forest. The trip will be led by biologist Tom Greene. This follows his program at our meeting the previous Thursday evening. See various species of pitcher plants and other inhabitants of the wet prairies. Meet at the Tom Thumb at the intersection of Hwys 98 and 331 in S. Walton County at 8:30 AM. Call Tom at...