Dr. Reed Bowman
RECOVERING THE RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER “Fires, cavity management, and assisted dispersal: A successful strategy for recovering the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker.” Dr. Reed Bowman, Research Program Director, Avian Ecology, Archbold Biological Station About the Presentation While Archbold Biological Station’s Avian Ecology Program may be best known for its research of the Florida Scrub-Jay (You may remember Dr. […]
June Challenge STA 1 East
STA-1E 1191 Flying Cow Road, Wellington, FlThis is a unique opportunity to see what birds are here in June. Through a partnership with Audubon Everglades, the South Florida Water Management District will offer the public escorted birding trips to Stormwater Treatment Area 1E located off Flying Cow Road. Registration is required through Audubon Everglades. This is a self-guided tour. Please RSVP […]
Dr. Nate Dorn: Droughts, Floods, and Wading Bird Nesting in the Everglades
Dr. Nathan Dorn, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida International University About the Presentation The Everglades, our slow-moving river of grass, is home to the largest wading bird breeding population in North America. Many spring seasons its coastal mangroves, sawgrass marshes, and pine flatwoods are dripping with the whites, pinks, and blues of the hundreds […]
Going With The Flow: The Story of STAs and Everglades Restoration Projects
Zoom LinkNatasha Warraich, Senior Environmental Analyst with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), will be presenting on her role in large-scale Everglades restoration projects and how people, wildlife and the Everglades benefit from these projects. She will discuss how STAs are designed and what goes into creating them Natasha Warraich is a wildlife biologist with […]
Be a Bird Brain! A Family Friendly Adventure with Professor Screech
Peaceful Waters Sanctuary 11676 Pierson Road, Wellington, FL, United StatesJoin special Audubon Everglades guide, Professor Screech, for a family friendly field trip adventure at Peaceful Waters! Are you a bird brain? We certainly hope so! Join special Audubon Everglades guide, Professor Screech, for a family friendly field trip adventure at Peaceful Waters, a Wellington gem. What makes a bird a bird? Test your bird-braininess […]
Whooping Cranes Are Still Whooping
The Remarkable Recovery of the Whooping Crane. George Archibald, Ph.D. Co-Founder of the International Crane Foundation From a low of 15 birds in 1941, the Whooping Cranes is recovering and now numbers about 500. I will tell the story of these the tallest of birds in North America and conclude with an account of efforts […]
Be a Bird Brain! A Family Friendly Adventure with Professor Screech
Peaceful Waters Sanctuary 11676 Pierson Road, Wellington, FL, United StatesJoin special Audubon Everglades guide, Professor Screech, for a family friendly field trip adventure at Peaceful Waters! Are you a bird brain? We certainly hope so! Join special Audubon Everglades guide, Professor Screech, for a family friendly field trip adventure at Peaceful Waters, a Wellington gem. What makes a bird a bird? Test your bird-braininess […]
Audubon Everglades Fall Pelagic Tour
Audubon Everglades is excited to announce the return of our very popular program, Pelagic Tour! Get your sea legs on and come join us! A pelagic birding trip is done by traveling by boat offshore to view seabirds that rarely come ashore except to breed. Seabird (pelagic) species include tropical terns, shearwaters, jaegers, gannets and […]