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30A St Patrick’s Parade and Festival in Santa Rosa Beach March 15th

The 7th Annual 30A St. Patrick’s Parade and Festival is slated for Saturday, March 15th 2014. Nationally recognized, Texas based Celtic Rock Band Cleghorn will headline the entertainment along with the Drake School of Irish Dance. Cleghorn combines stadium rock with blues and folk influences laced with a strong Celtic brew. More than 50 floats and parade entries in all shapes and sizes are anticipated. Parade lineup begins at 3.30 p.m. and heads 4 miles west down Scenic Hwy. 30A,...

A black bear affair at E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center Mar. 1

Time: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. On Saturday, March 1, head over to the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center and become a Florida black bear. Children will learn while enjoying activities such as making bear masks, black bear moon pies, creating your own bear track, becoming a bear biologist, and enjoy some of the Center’s other animals. A mystery bear box program will be at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. General Admission: Adults (ages 13+): $8.00 Children (ages 3-12): $5.00 Children...

Choctawhatchee Audubon Society programs and Events for March, 2014

March 6: Monthly Meeting Program: “Beach-Nesting Birds: Florida’s Original Beach Babies” Join Bonnie Samuelsen, Project Manager for Audubon Florida’s Coastal Bird Stewardship Program for an amazing photo presentation on Florida’s Beach Nesting Birds. Learn about these rare and declining birds and the statewide efforts to protect them. The meeting will be held in Room 130 on the ground floor of the Student Services Center at the Niceville campus of Northwest Florida State College, and will begin at 6:30 p.m. with...

Join in on the Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 14-17, 2014

Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count was the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time. Since then, more than 100,000 people of all ages and walks of life have joined the four-day count each February to create an annual snapshot of the distribution and abundance of birds. Simply tally the numbers and kinds of birds you see for...

Take a guided nature walk at Grayton Beach State Park Feb. 26

On Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 10:00 a.m. join the Park Services Specialist at Grayton Beach State Park for “The Dunes are Alive” nature walk. Learn about the flora and fauna found in the sand dunes, and learn about the importance of the endangered Choctawhatchee Beach Mouse, and see the most photographed tree line on Scenic Hwy. 30-A. Participants will meet at the Grayton Beach State Park beach parking area. Appropriate clothing, closed toe shoes, drinking water is required. Insect repellant,...

Camellia Festival at Eden Gardens State Park Feb. 15

The Friends of Eden pay tribute to the Camellia Saturday, Feb. 15th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Eden Gardens State Park in Point Washington, North of US 98 via CR-395. Visitors are invited to stroll through amazing Camellias, enjoy a floral demonstration using Camellias, learn air layering, (a Camellia propagating technique), and Camellia waxing for bloom preservation.  Attend demonstrations on Camellia care and other plant related topics by Marie Harrison, author of numerous gardening books.  Camellias, air layered...