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Saturday, Nov 3: Sarasota Reading Festival Check FESTIVALS for details 

Wednesday, Nov 7: Laurel Landfill Check out this very birdy landfill site in Laurel. Leader: Mark Leggett, 925-7220. Meet at McDonald’s (Bee Ridge/Cattlemen) at 8 a.m. 

Wednesday, Nov 14: Plant Walk Nancy Edmondson, land manager for Sarasota County, will lead a plant/nature walk at Lemon Bay Preserve in south Venice. Meet in the parking lot of the preserve at 8 a.m. Contact: Kathryn Young, 924-5565. 

Saturday, Nov 17: Rye Wilderness A very nice Manatee County park that hosts scrub-jays and wintering warblers and sparrows. BRING LUNCH. Leave McDonald’s at 8 a.m. Leader: Lynn Jakubowicz, 355-4073. 

Saturday, Nov 17: E-FEST at Lakewood Ranch Polo Grounds Check FESTIVALS for details 

Monday, Nov 19: SRQ Water Treatment Plants Check out the birds at our local water treatment plants with Jeanne Dubi, 355-1709. Leave McDonald’s (Bee Ridge/Cattlemen) at 8 a.m. 

Tuesday, Dec 4: Holiday Lunch at Misty Creek Country Club Join SAS board members and friends for a lunch to celebrate the holidays. Fun slide show too. Three course lunch $21, 11:45 a.m. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED Contact: Jeanne Dubi, 355-1709.  

Thursday, Dec 6: Snook Haven Boat Ride & Lunch/Birding at Jelks Preserve Kathryn Young (924-5565) & Mark Leggett. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Cost $20 per person for the boat ride only. Lunch at your own expense. Leave McDonald’s (Bee Ridge/Cattlemen) at 8 a.m. 

Wednesday, Dec 12: Myakka River SP This wildlife preserve always provides great birding. Meet at 8 a.m. in parking lot inside park (fee.) SR 72, 9 miles east of I-75. Leader: Owen Comora, 378-5166. BRING LUNCH. 

Christmas Bird Count: Myakka River SP, Monday December 17 Coordinator Ken Alvarez, kencalverez@msn.com.
Sarasota, Saturday, January 5 Coordinators Jeanne Dubi, 355-1709, and Edith Miller, 364-3637. 

Tuesday, Jan 1: New Year’s Day at Sleeping Turtle! Join leaders Mark Leggett (925-7220) and Kathryn Young on a New Year’s search for birds at this new county park. Meet at McDonald’s (Bee Ridge/Cattlemen) at 9 a.m. BRING LUNCH & A TREAT TO SHARE. 

Thursday, Jan 3: TECO Plant and George Simmons Park Join leader Stu Hills, 922-5261, to see manatees at the TECO plant in Apollo Beach and shorebirds at Simmons in southern Hillsborough County. Meet at McDonald’s (Bee Ridge/Cattlemen) at 8 a.m. BRING LUNCH. 

Tuesday, Jan 8: North Longboat Key Meet at 8 a.m. in the parking lot opposite the Chevron station at the very north end of LBK. Leaders: Betty & Wade Matthews, 923-0671. Optional lunch at Moore’s restaurant. 

Tuesday, Jan 15: Phosphate Mines, Polk County Privately-guided tour of the phosphate reclamation ponds near Lakeland. Guide is Paul Fellers of Lake Audubon. Short-tailed Hawks (possible), wintering warblers and thousands of shorebirds. Leave McDonald’s (Bee Ridge/Cattlemen) at 7 a.m. Contact: Rick Greenspun, 346-8535. LUNCH INCLUDED. Bring snacks and drinks for an all-day outing. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. A donation of $5 to Lake Audubon on the day is recommended.

Monday, Jan 21, 28, Friday, Jan 25, Thursday, Jan 31, & Saturday, Feb 2: Introduction to Birding. See SPECIAL CLASSES for details. 

Wednesday, Jan 30: Clay Gully & Sidell Roads Round trip behind Myakka SP. This area is good wintering habitat for specialties such as Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. Leader: Owen Comora, 378-5166. Meet at McDonald’s (Bee Ridge/Cattlemen) at 8 a.m. BRING LUNCH. 

Tuesday, Feb 5: Venice Rookery, Manasota Scrub, Lemon Bay Park Great photo; great birding. Mark Leggett, 925-7220. Leave McDonald’s at 7:30 a.m. BRING LUNCH. 

Friday/Saturday, Feb 8/9, 9 to noon: Recapturing Habitat Two identical workshops on creating backyard habitat. See SPECIAL CLASSES for more details.  

Friday/Saturday, Feb 15/16: Station 5 in Hendry County Overnight Friday in Clewiston, then an early visit to the water treatment plant to view all kinds of birds in these remote marshes. Trip is led by Margaret England of Hendry-Glades Audubon. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Hotel at own expense. A donation of $5 to Hendry-Glades Audubon on the day is recommended. Contact Kathryn Young, 924-5565. 

Saturday, Feb 23: Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve, Ruskin Jeanne Dubi (355-1709) & Lynn Jakubowicz will lead a trip to this newly reclaimed and restored environmentally sensitive area in southern Hillsborough County. This is a reliable spot for Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. Leave McDonald’s at 7:15 a.m. sharp. BRING LUNCH. 

Saturday, Mar 1: Pinecraft Fest Check FESTIVALS for details. 

Tuesday, Mar 4: Red Bug Slough Ken Pearlman (587-5992) will lead us on a walk through pine and oak hammocks. Meet in the parking lot of Red Bug Slough, just south of Proctor on Beneva, at 8 a.m.  

Wednesday-Friday, Mar 12-14 Two-night trip to Winter Park. Jeanne Dubi and Karen Jensen (924-2446). See GETAWAY TRIPS for details.  

Thursday, Mar 20: Potter Park & Stoneybrook Park Edith Miller and Kathryn Young (924-5565) will help us find wintering birds at these two small parks in mid-Sarasota County. Meet in the YMCA parking lot on Central Sarasota Parkway at 8 a.m. 

Saturday, Mar 29: Carlton Reserve Join Charlie Sample and Carolyn Edmunds of Venice Audubon, 497-6463, for a rare opportunity to bird the back country of the reserve. Meet in the Carlton parking lot. Jacaranda Blvd exit off I-75; east onto Jacaranda, right onto Border Road, left at the end. Field trip is from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call Kathryn Young at 924-5565 if you want to carpool from McDonald’s. BRING LUNCH.  

Apr 4-6: Audubon Academy, Vero Beach Workshops and seminars for chapter leaders and future leaders. 

Tuesday, Apr 8: Emerson Point This wonderful park has woodlands, shoreline, and mangroves. Depart McDonald’s at 7:30 a.m. Optional lunch at Crab Trap II restaurant. Leaders: John Ginaven, 798-9829, and Stuart Hills, 922-5261. 

Tuesday, April 15: Ft DeSoto Join leader John Ginaven (798-9829) on a quest for migrants at this marvelous park and premier birding hotspot. Leave the first rest area just after the tollbooths on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (1-275) at 8 a.m. BRING LUNCH. 

Saturday, Apr 19: Ft DeSoto Leader Edith Miller (364-3637) will help us find migrants at this wonderful birding spot. Leave the first rest area just after the tollbooths on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (I-275) at 8 a.m. BRING LUNCH. 

Sunday, Apr 20: Earth Day at Oscar Scherer State Park Check FESTIVALS for details. 

Monday, April 28: SRQ Triple Loop Join Rick Greenspun (346-8535) and Jeanne Dubi in search of migrants at our local hot spots. Meet at 8 a.m. in the parking lot of Phillippi Estate Park, west side of U.S. 41 at Constitution Blvd. 

Saturday, May 3: Butterfly Walk Join butterfly enthusiasts Stu Hills and Jeanne Dubi on a walk to locate and ID local butterflies. Location to be determined. Meet at McDonald’s (Bee Ridge/Cattlemen) at 10 a.m. Contact: Jeanne Dubi, 355-1709.

10/28/2007

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