Meet trip leader John Hintermister in the Target parking lot at 6:30 a.m. for the hour’s drive west to the 53,000-acre Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, a complex of swamps, pine forests, tidal creeks, and salt marshes. We’ll explore the refuge’s wildlife drive, looking for migratory birds. It should be an excellent trip for butterflies as well.
We’ll adjourn to Cedar Key for lunch, but bring water, a snack, and bug repellent.
Length: D (6+ hours).
Difficulty: 2 (may involve uneven terrain one to two miles).
The Alachua Audubon Christmas Social will be held in the clubhouse of the Mill Pond neighborhood near Gainesville Health and Fitness on December 6th at 6:30 p.m. Map is here. As with all Alachua Audubon functions, everyone is welcome, members and non-members alike.
Join Alachua Audubon on Sunday, May 18, 2014 at NORTHEAST PARK for a special two-hour kids’ program in which we will be hoping to find as many as five different kinds of woodpeckers! Learn natural history and how to identify these beautiful birds!
We will have a short introductory program about woodpeckers and then take a walk in the park. We’ll finish up with a discussion about what we’ve seen.
Don’t have binoculars? Not a problem. Alachua Audubon has loaner binoculars for the walk. This is a family activity and parents will accompany their children. Children may not be left at the park without a parent. This is a good activity for youth ages 6 to 18.
Northeast Park is located on NE 16th Avenue just east of Main Street and across the street from St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. You will see tennis courts. Park next to the tennis courts and look for us around the first baseball field bleachers.
NOTE: If you would like to join us please send an email to emilysgfl@gmail.com and let us know how many kids and adults from your family will be attending.
Meet trip leader John Hintermister at the Target parking lot (on Archer Road at I-75) for a full day of birding at several locations within the Lower Suwannee NWR. Likely stops will include Shired Island, Dixie Mainline Trail, Fishbone Creek, and Salt Creek. A large diversity of shorebirds, waders, and migrant songbirds are likely to be spotted. Bring water, lunch, and bug repellent.
Difficulty: 2 (may involve uneven terrain one to two miles).