Sarasota Audubon | Sarasota, Florida

Wingspan, Oceana Edition - Experienced only - *MEMBERS ONLY
2025-09-11 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-04 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-28 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-21 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-14 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-07 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-31 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-24 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date
Wingspan is a card-driven, resource-building board game in which players compete to attract birds to their wildlife reserves. RSVP so we know how many tables to set up.
Click here to RSVP to Stacy

Garden Work Day
2025-09-10 07:00 - 11:00 | Sarasota Audubon Nature Center, 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL, 34240
Preparing for the Nature Center opening, we are setting up a series of garden work days for volunteers from 7am to 11am to beat the heat.
Wednesdays September 10 or 17
Saturdays September 13, 20 and 27
No need to RSVP – show up when you can. Thank you!

Birding on the Bayfront at Selby Gardens
2025-09-06 08:00 - 10:00 | Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 1534 Mound Street, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
Enjoy this unique opportunity to explore the Gardens before opening hours as we search high and low (tide) for birds! Bird Naturalist leader Helen King will lead this walk and help you to identify species. September is the beginning of migration season, and 160 different bird species have been documented in the Gardens over the years, so this could be your chance to add a new bird or two to your “life list”!

General admission is included in the fee. Stay after the walk and enjoy the Gardens and the exhibition “The High Life: Contemporary Photography and the Birds” at your leisure.
No special equipment or prior knowledge is required, but binoculars are highly recommended if you have them.
This walk and talk takes place entirely outdoors. Please wear or bring any items you will need to be comfortable in an outdoor setting.

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Wingspan, The Game - Beginners Welcome - *MEMBERS ONLY
2025-09-03 12:30 - 15:30, 2025-08-20 12:30 - 15:30, 2025-08-06 12:30 - 15:30, 2025-07-16 12:30 - 15:30
Learn about birds and their habitats, food, nests, etc. while playing a competitive game. Wingspan is a card-driven, resource-building board game in which players compete to attract birds to their wildlife reserves. Players spend food resources to add birds, which are represented by 170 individually illustrated cards, to the forest, prairie, and wetland habitats on their player boards. RSVP so we know how many tables to set up.
Click here to RSVP to Lynn

Swallowtail Kite Talk with Margi Haas
2025-08-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 1534 Mound Street, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
Noon – 1pm at the New Garden Theater
No charge for Selby members; $12 for nonmembers (includes all day admission to Selby Gardens – pay upon arrival)
The Swallow-tailed kite is a very beautiful hawk beloved by those who can see it, but it flies very high and so fast that many never get to see it even when it is right here in the area. During the six months each year that these hawks visit the area, they nest and raise their babies. Margi’s talks include very rare photos and videos of these birds showing every aspect of their lives during their six months every year in central Florida.

Guided Walks - Oscar Scherer State Park, 4th Thursdays
2025-05-22 08:30 - 10:30, 2025-04-24 08:30 - 10:30 | Oscar Scherer State Park, 1843 S Tamiami Trail, Osprey, FL, 34229, 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

Monthly Meeting - Megan Suau
2025-05-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom – Register to attend the zoom meeting
Megan Suau, architect, speaks about her gorilla conservation work on the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda.

Guided Walks - Pinecraft Park
2025-05-03 09:00 - 11:00 | Pinecraft Park, 1420 Gilbert Ave, Sarasota, FL, 34239, United States
Visit Pinecraft Park with John Groskopf (941-726-8816) as you look for migrants, flyovers, and water birds. Less than one mile of shaded walk.
Restrooms are available.

Guided Walks - Bay Street Park
2025-04-28 08:00 - 10:00 | Bay Street Park, 300 Bay Street, Osprey, FL, 34229, United States
Join John Groskopf (941-726-8816) at Bay Street Park to look for migrants, waders, and forest birds. 1 mile walk, mainly shade. Restrooms are available.

Purple Martins
2025-04-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-04-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-04-20 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-04-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Nature Center, 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL, 34240, United States
Purple Martins -Thursdays and Sundays—March and April at 10 or 11am. Join us when we take down the houses to count eggs and baby birds and do nest maintenance. (Weather dependent) Questions? Call the Nature Center at 941-312-6533 for exact times.

Celery Fields Walks - Fourth Saturdays
2025-04-26 08:00 - 10:00 | Nature Center, 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL, 34240, United States
Peter Brown (207-994-9885) and Evelyn MacQueen. Meet at the Nature Center 999 Center Rd.
Explore birds in the garden and Palmer Boardwalk.

Celery Fields Walks - Fourth Thursdays
2025-04-24 08:00 - 10:00 | Celery Fields, 6893 Palmer Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34240, United States
Kathryn Young (email) meet at Raymond Rd Boardwalk.
Join Kathryn and other guest trip leaders to learn how to find birds by song, calls, ID, and habitats.
Parking on side of road.
Port-a-potty on site.

Guided Walks - Myakka River State Park
2025-04-23 08:15 - 11:00 | Myakka River State Park, 13208 State Road 72, Sarasota, FL, 34241, United States
Helen King will meet you at the first parking lot on the right after main (SR72) entrance.
There is a park entrance fee.
There will be stops at the bridges, boardwalk, and the former weir.
Restrooms are available.

Guided Walks - Glebe Park
2025-04-21 08:00 - 10:00 | Glebe Park, 1000 Glebe Lane, Sarasota, FL, 34242, United States
Walk with John Groskopf through Glebe Park on Siesta Key looking for migrants and flyovers; ¼ mile walk, mainly shade.
Restrooms are available

Florida Native Plants Workshop
2025-04-19 09:00 - 11:00 | Nature Center, 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL, 34240, United States
January 11, February 8, March 8, April 19. at 9 am. Native Plant Landscape Designer and Eco Artist Pam Callender will teach us why native plant gardening is so vital to our local landscape and how everyone can incorporate natives into their yards.
