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Click on the link below to download Pdf copy of SPAS 2011-12 Brochure St. Petersburg Audubon 2011-12 Program, Field Trips & Special Events Don't have binoculars - no problem. SPAS offers loaner binoculars. I normally carry 5 adult and 1 child pair of binoculars to the field trips, available on a first come, first serve basis. If you will need more than one pair please email me a couple of days in advance of the trip.
Car Pooling – not able to drive to out of town trips? How about carpooling! Bring along a couple of friends. Start the trip with a full tank of gas and then fill up when you return to town and split the cost. Not only will you save money, but you'll reduce your impact on the planet!
Enjoy our 2011-2012 program, detailed trip descriptions below. See you outside, Susan Pepper SPAS Field Trip Coordinator
Email: fieldtrips@stpeteaudubon.org Telephone: 813-839-2972 Upcoming 2012 Field Trips & Events: SHOREBIRD CLASS - Saturday February 25th Fort DeSoto County Park, Tierra Verde
Location: Contact Maureen Arnold at shorebirdclasses@stpeteaudubon.org _______________________________________________________________________________________________
February 17-20, 2012 – 15th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ March 3, 2012 - Boyd Hill Monthly Bird Walk with Ron Smith
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, located at 1101 Country Club Way S., St. Petersburg FL (map) Meet 8 a.m., Nature Center parking lot. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before posted start time. A Birder's Guide to Pinellas County (Florida) by Ron Smith will be available for sale before and after the bird walk. Price $25 cash or check payable to St. Petersburg Audubon Society. Boyd Hill is a 245-acre nature preserve located along the shores of Lake Maggiore in St. Petersburg. The park has more than three miles of trails and boardwalks, a bird of prey aviary, picnic areas, playground and gift shop. There are five unique ecosystems: hardwood hammocks, sand pine scrub, pine flatwoods, willow marsh and lake shore. The park entrance fee is waived for the bird walk. _______________________________________________________________________________________________
March 31, 2012 - Dunedin Hammock City Park in Dunedin
Location: Dunedin Hammock City Park - 1900 San Mateo Dr., Dunedin (map) Start time: 8 a.m. meet in Hammock parking lot off of San Mateo Dr. End time: 11:30 a.m. or before
 Cost: Free
Bring: Binoculars, hat, water and optional trail snacks
Experience: Novice to expert all welcome Difficulty: 1.5 (rating scale 1 easy to 5 hard) Walking: Trails hard packed, distance 1+ mile Restrooms: Yes, flush The Hammock is a unique 85-acre natural park inhabited by various forms of wildlife and plant life. It has five miles of nature trails, three picnic shelters, rest rooms and a playground area. Pileated Wookpecker Formerly the “Kerr Tract” it was purchased by the City of Dunedin in 1965 for $175,000. In 1974 the Dunedin Garden Club helped create the first self-guided nature trail (Sugarberry Trail West) and did extensive studies to identify flora and fauna.
History: When Florida joined the Union in 1845, the U.S. Government sent a team to survey the entire state. The Dunedin Historical Society has a copy of the original 1846 survey map which identified the park as a “wet swamp”. The surveyors’ field notes referred to it as a “hammock”. Remarkably the north-south boundaries of the park set back in 1846 remain to this day, over 165 years later. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
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