• 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.

  • 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 – Glebe Park

    Glebe Park 1000 Glebe Lane, Sarasota, FL, 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

  • Guided Walks – Myakka River State Park

    Myakka River State Park 13208 State Road 72, Sarasota, FL, 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 – 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

  • 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.

  • 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 – Bay Street Park

    Bay Street Park 300 Bay Street, Osprey, FL, 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.

  • Guided Walks – Pinecraft Park

    Pinecraft Park 1420 Gilbert Ave, Sarasota, FL, 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.

  • Monthly Meeting – Megan Suau

    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 – 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