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St. Petersburg Audubon Society

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St. Petersburg Audubon Society’s Monthly Newsletter

March 2024

 

Let’s Go Birding!

Saturday, April 20th | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Spend some time on the trails and learn about birds and bird watching! This special event is hosted by the St. Petersburg Audubon Society and the Friends of Boyd Hill Nature Preserve. Guests will encounter various stations along the trail and get to participate in fun, interactive, and educational activities.

This event is free with admission to Boyd Hill Nature Preserve! All ages are welcome!

Volunteers will be needed for this event! Please watch your inbox next week for more information and the opportunity to sign up to help at a station or along the trails.

 

Help Wanted!

Do you love planning? Are you detail-oriented? Do you love getting people excited about birds and other conservation topics? The Board of Directors needs your help organizing our programs and field trips!

Programs Chair/Coordinator: This person will coordinate speakers for our monthly meetings from September - March. Our general meetings are every third Tuesday and held via Zoom or in-person. Our current year is almost over, but planning for the 2024/2025 season will start in June/July. There is a lot of flexibility for this position based on your interest!

Field Trips Chair/Coordinator: This person will coordinate field trips by finding leaders and and matching them with fun birding locations throughout the county. This person does not have to attend all the field trips or be an experienced birder, but they will serve as the contact person to make sure the leader is prepared for the trip. There is the opportunity to plan trips outside of Pinellas Co., if the interest is there!

Please contact president@stpeteaudubon.org if you would like to learn more.

Meet the current Board of Directors.

 

Outdoor Survival: Amazonian Indigenous Tribes

Join Peter Magnin as he takes you with him on his expeditions in the Amazon Rainforest. Over the past five years, six different expeditions, and seven different tribes, Peter has been studying and practicing primitive skills, cultural sharing, and observing nature in the jungles of Brazil, Peru, and Colombia. He will cover some of the history of the tribes (first contacted in the late 70s), their ceremonies, unique primitive skills to the Amazon, and what it’s like on an expedition. This meeting and program will be held virtually on Tuesday, March 19th at 7:00 pm.

Register now for the meeting and program.

Find more information here.

 

Did you miss a program?

We will be recording programs held virtually, and we will share these recordings in the following month’s newsletter. Please see below for a link to January’s program.

Purple Martins: Connecting Communities with Our Feathered Cross-Country Visitors

 

Field Trip Review: Weedon Island

On February 24th, Ron Smith led a trip to Weedon Island Preserve, where it turned out to be a beautiful day walking the trails. There were about 30 attendees. There were a few exciting highlights: a Bald Eagle perched high on a Norfolk Pine; a flyover Purple Martin; several wading bird species; and a calling White-winged Dove.

Photo: Field trip group by Peter Plage

 

Upcoming Events

March 9th: Field trip to Brooker Creek Preserve

March 19th: General Meeting and Program (Zoom)

March 23rd: Field trip to Crescent Lake

April 13th: Field trip to Eckerd College (members only)

April 20th: Let’s Go Bird at Boyd Hill!

April 27th: Field trip to Ft. De Soto

Click here for a full description of events.

 

Local Environmental News

White pelicans make their annual appearance in St. Petersburg

Emergency Beach Erosion Control Project

 

News from Audubon

EagleWatch Volunteer Defends Nest on Agricultural Land at Risk of Development

Needles in a Haystack: Tracking Migratory Birds at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

After Years in Captivity, These Rescued Harpy Eagles Are Flourishing in the Wild

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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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