• Guided Walks – Pinecraft Park

    Pinecraft Park 1420 Gilbert Ave, Sarasota, FL, United States

    Meet John Groskopf at Pinecraft Park for a less than 1 mile shaded walk looking for migrants, flyovers, and water birds. Restrooms are available.

  • Guided Walks – Red Bug Slough

    Red Bug Slough 5200 Beneva Rd, Sarasota, FL, United States

    Meet John Groskopf at Red Bug Slough in Sarasota for a 2 mile walk looking for migrants, forest birds, waders, flyovers, and ducks. The walk is about half shade and half sun.

  • Guided Walks – Longboat Key Shorebirds

    Broadway Beach on Longboat Key 100 Broadway Street, Longboat Key, FL, United States

    Stu Wilson (512-897-8341) and Cathy Paris will meet you at the entrance to Broadway Beach, 7001 Seabreeze  Ave. (West end of Broadway St. @ North end of LBK). You will learn to ID gulls, terns, sandpipers, and other shorebirds while walking 1-2 miles in the sun and on sand. There are no restroom facilities.

  • Guided Walks – Siesta Key Shorebirds

    Siesta Key Beach 948 Beach Road, Siesta Key, FL, United States

    Mary Heinlen (email) and Helen King will meet you at Siesta Key Beach in front of the pavilion with the American flag that is to the right as you enter the main parking lot. You will learn to ID shorebirds during a 1.5 mile walk in the sand and sun. Restrooms are available.

  • Guided Walks – Myakka River State Park

    Myakka River State Park 13208 State Road 72, Sarasota, FL, United States

    After passing through the main entrance (SR-72), make the first right-hand turn and follow to the parking lot. Stu Wilson (512-897-8341) and Cathy Paris will lead you through the park, stopping along the main park road to find birds. Bring a lunch or buy one at the concession stand. Participants are free to drop off...

  • Guided Walks – Nathan Benderson Park

    Nathan Benderson Park 700 North Cattlemen Road, Sarasota, FL, United States

    Helen King (850-556-2950) and Kathryn Young will escort you on a "birking" trip through Nathan Benderson Park. Birking is bicycling and birding. Meet at the playground parking lot (5851 Nathan Benderson Cir) with your own bicycle. We will ride slowly on paved paths for approximately 7 miles looking for an array of different birds. Restrooms...

  • Guided Walks – Oscar Scherer State Park, 4th Thursdays

    Oscar Scherer State Park 1843 S Tamiami Trail, Osprey, FL, United States

    There is a fee to enter park. Meet Cynthia Huesman (email Cynthia) and Rob Gonzalez at Lake Osprey Nature Center. Strive to find the endangered Florida Scrub Jay and other resident birds as we take a 1.5 mile walk on sandy trails, mainly in the sun. Restrooms at the Nature Center

  • Guided Walks – Lakeview Park

    Lakeview Park 7255 Hand Road, Sarasota, FL, United States

    Lynn Jakubowicz (email) will take you on a 1 mile mostly shady walk searching for waders, ducks, and forest birds in Lakeview Park. Meet Lynn in the parking lot. Restrooms are available.