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St. Petersburg Audubon Society

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St. Petersburg Audubon Society’s Monthly Newsletter

January 2025

Order your 2025 Calendar!

Get your calendar before we run out! The 2025 calendars are now on sale on our website, so order yours for the new year!

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General Meeting & Program: Gopher Tortoises, the Keystone Species

Join us for our monthly meeting! George Heinrich, field biologist and environmental educator, is a Florida reptile specialist. George will talk to us about the lives of gopher tortoises and their ecological importance to Florida. This meeting and program will be held January 21st at 7:00pm at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve.

More information here.

 

Renew your Membership!

Sign up or renew your membership today for St. Pete Audubon. Your local or patron membership goes toward our conservation and education programs, such as Teacher Ecology Camp and our brand-new Let’s Go Birding event in the spring. Your membership helps support our virtual meetings and programs and helps fund student research projects! Members also get extra perks, such as first access to special field trips and events. We look forward to welcoming you to our flock!

Read the letter from our board of directors.

 Join today! 
 

Upcoming Field Trip: Brooker Creek Preserve

Get ready for sparrows on January 18th! Ron Smith will lead this walk, starting at 8:00am. Meet at the main visitor’s center parking lot, where you can use the restroom before getting started. First, we’ll look for birds in the hammock at the parking lot. Then, we’ll drive to nearby locations for sparrows.

Please bring a hat, binoculars, water, insect repellant, and sunscreen.

Note: Unfortunately, due to weather this weekend, the field trip scheduled for January 11th at Cypress Point Park has been cancelled.

Field Trip Recap: Crescent Lake

On this beautiful morning, we had a great group of 24 people, led by John Ficken, birding around Crescent Lake. The group documented 46 species, including Ring-necked Ducks, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a Yellow-throated Warbler, and plenty of Fish Crows and Blue Jays! We also had a few new faces to our trip - we hope to see you next time!

 

January Field Trips

*CANCELLED* January 11 (Saturday): Cypress Point Park

January 18 (Saturday): Sparrow Day - meet at Brooker Creek

Upcoming Events

January 18: Field Trip for Sparrows

January 21: General Meeting & Program at Boyd Hill

February 1: Raptor Fest at Boyd Hill

Click here for a full description of field trips and events.

 

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St. Petersburg Audubon Society

St. Petersburg Audubon Society
P.O. Box 12407
St. Petersburg, FL 33733-2407
United States

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