Brian from birding tours in Honduras (2011)

UPDATE: If you missed the program, you can catch it on our Program Videos page.

Each year in the spring and fall, thousands of birds migrate through Florida, some travelling extreme distances between their breeding and wintering grounds.  Audubon Everglades guest speaker Brian Rapoza will provide us with answers about which birds migrate through south Florida, why and when the birds migrate, what triggers migration, how far birds migrate, how they navigate, what hazards birds face during migration, and how we can help migratory birds on their journey.

Until his retirement in 2018, Brian Rapoza was an environmental science teacher, outreach specialist, and internship coordinator at MAST Academy, a Maritime & Science Technology High School located in Miami.  During his tenure with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, he led thousands of school children on bird-watching expeditions through Everglades National Park and other area birding destinations. In 2006, he was named MAST Teacher of the Year. Brian is a board member of Tropical Audubon Society and serves as their Field Trip Coordinator, leading birding field trips throughout Florida, the U.S., and the Neotropics.

Brian is the author of Birding Florida, a bird-finding guide to more than 200 locations throughout the state. Since 2001, he has also served as the Christmas Bird Count compiler for both Miami and Coot Bay/Everglades National Park. Brian is originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts and attended the University of Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1980 with a B.S. in Marine Biology.

Please join us on Tuesday, July 7 at 7pm for an online “Zoom” Member meeting and presentation by Brian Rapoza.  An email with a link to attend this online presentation will be sent to all Audubon Everglades members.