• Purple Martins

    Purple Martins

    Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL, 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.

  • Beach Nesting Monitoring Workshop

    Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL, United States

    Saturday, April 5th at 9 am. $5 donation.  Join Kylie Wilson who will explain why we monitor for shorebirds and what you can do to help make their nesting season successful.

    $5.00
  • Purple Martins

    Purple Martins

    Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL, 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.

  • Carefree Learner – April 7, 2025 – SOLD OUT

    Marina Jack Boat Docks 2 Marina Plaza, Sarasota, FL, United States

    Boat tours to Robert Bay Rookery on the Carefree Learner. See hundreds of nesting herons, egrets, spoonbills and more. The boat is near downtown Sarasota, south of Marina Jack’s restaurant. Take Ringling Blvd., off 41/Tamiami Trail, toward the water and into the parking lot. Our boat, the Carefree Learner, is docked next to La Barge,...

    $30.00
  • Purple Martins

    Purple Martins

    Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL, 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.

  • Guided Walks – Myakka Bridge/Crowley Nature Center

    Crowley Nature Center 16405 Myakka Rd, Sarasota, FL, United States

    First meet Helen King (email, 850-556-2950)  at the bridge (he bridge is south of Crowley by 1/8 mile) with a spotting scope; park along the shoulder; then go to Crowley to find resident red headed woodpeckers, bluebirds, and loggerhead shrike. 1.5 mile walk in woods and dirt road. $4 fee for Crowley Restrooms are available...

  • Purple Martins

    Purple Martins

    Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL, 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.

  • Monthly Meeting – Tammy and Dave McQuade

    Zoom - Register to attend the zoom meeting

    Tammy & Dave McQuade, the renowned Florida-based champion birders, take us on their latest birding adventure.

  • Guided Walks – Old Miakka Preserve

    Old Miakka Preserve Fruitville Rd & Myakka Rd, Sarasota, FL, United States

    Stu Willson and Cathy Paris will meet you at Old Miakka Preserve on the East end of Fruitville Road. Continue on gravel road to the entrance about ½ mile on right. We will look for flyovers, migrants, and woodpeckers. 2 mile loop walk, mainly in the sun and on a sandy trail. No restrooms

  • Guided Walks – North Longboat Key/Leffis Key

    North Longboat Key 100 Broadway, Longboat Key, FL, United States +1 more

    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) then the group will go to Leffis Key at the south end of Bradenton Beach on Gulf Drive South. First, we will look for migratory shorebirds on...

  • Purple Martins

    Purple Martins

    Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL, 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.

  • FLORIDA NATIVE PLANTS WORKSHOPS

    Florida Native Plants Workshop

    Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL, 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.