Calendar

Dec
6
Fri
Holiday Social and Pot Luck
Dec 6 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Location map for Mill Pond Clubhouse

 

Please join us, support Alachua Audubon and enjoy food and drink with your birding friends. The holiday party will be held at the Mill Pond Clubhouse. Bring a food or drink item to share.

 

Go through your shelves and look for gently used items such as books, CDs or DVDs about birds or nature that you would like to donate. Others will purchase these items by making a donation to Alachua Audubon.

 

Directions: From Newberry Road, turn south on NW 48th Blvd (across from GNV Health and Fitness Center). Drive south about 2 blocks. Look for tennis courts on the right. The Clubhouse is next to the tennis courts on the right. Look for our Alachua Audubon signs!

 

Parking is available on one side of NW. 48th Blvd. So please pull in behind someone parked along here.

 

We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming Holiday Social!

 

Dec
15
Sun
Christmas Bird Count
Dec 15 all-day

Contact Andy Kratter (kratter@flmnh.ufl.edu; 352-226-2462) or Bob Carroll (gatorbob23@yahoo.com; 352-281-3616) if you’re interested in participating in this all-day event.

 

Please sign up early.

 

Difficulty: 3 (may involve elevation change, uneven terrain, and/or walking distances greater than two miles).

Jan
11
Sat
AAS 60th Anniversary Celebration
Jan 11 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

 

Please join us Saturday, January 11th, from 8 AM – noon as we celebrate 60 years of community education, conservation, partnerships, and birding!

Celebrations will include inaugural tours of the newly fledged Prairie Creek Banding Station (live birds in hand!), two birding walks led by local experts, “Einstein” the Great-Horned Owl ambassador from Sunrise Wildlife Rehabilitation, games, prizes, brief presentations, and refreshments! Family friendly!

 

Prairie Creek Lodge

Location map
7204 SE County Road 234, Gainesville, Florida 32641

Feb
8
Sat
Backyard Birding Tour
Feb 8 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW FOR THE ALACHUA AUDUBON BACKYARD BIRDING TOUR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2020 from 9 AM – 3 PM

 

Explore several of Gainesville’s premier backyard birding habitats on a self-guided tour

 

Learn how to attract a diverse group of birds to your own backyard

 

Discover what types of vegetation to plant and where to plant it in your own yard to attract more species of birds

 

Learn how water features can be effective bird attractants

 

Educational displays and bird experts will be at each tour stop to answer your questions

 

 

Tickets are $15.00 and available at Wild Birds Unlimited, 4212 NW 16th Boulevard Call the store at 352-381-1997 for more details or email GainesvilleWBU@hotmail.com.

 

Tickets will also be available to purchase on the day of the tour at each tour location.

Feb
22
Sat
Sunrise Wildlife Rehabilitation
Feb 22 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Location map

 

Sunrise Wildlife Rehabilitation, located on 20 acres in the heart of High Springs, is dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of injured, displaced, or orphaned wildlife. They are well known for educational programs designed to instill in their audience an appreciation and love for wild animals. The programs feature their “wildlife ambassadors,” including a Barred Owl, a Great Horned Owl, a few Eastern Screech-Owls, and a Virginia Opossum.

 

We will tour the flight cages and get up close to the owls and opossum. We will also walk the trails around the property in search of warblers, bluebirds, and woodpeckers.

 

Directions:

Heading north on 441 to High Springs, turn left onto NW 222nd Street across from High Springs Animal Hospital. Take the second left (after about one mile) onto NW 165th Ave.
The gate will be open. Signs will be provided to get to the property.