Duette Preserve with Forrest Rowland – Early Birds *MEMBERS ONLY

Duette Bear Bay Bear Bay Road, Myakka City, FL, United States

For those early risers interesting in trying for Chuck-will's-widow & Eastern Whip-poor-will, now's your chance! We will meet early at the Bear Bay Road Entrance to Duette Preserve, to search these out, as well as Barred Owl. We will reconvene with participants interested in only the diurnal species back at the entrance, and go for...

Duette Preserve with Forrest Rowland – *MEMBERS ONLY

Duette Bear Bay Bear Bay Road, Myakka City, FL, United States

Participants interested in only the diurnal species will go for a few short walks from the parking area in search of the Florida subspecies of Grasshopper Sparrow, habitat specialist Bachman's Sparrow, and hope for perhaps running into other rarities like Vesper, White-throated, or White-crowned Sparrows. Pine specialists such as Brown-headed Nuthatch reside here, as do...

Wingspan, The Game – Beginners Welcome – *MEMBERS ONLY

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...

First Thursday Celery Field Walk

Sarasota Audubon Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL

 Meet at the Nature Center 999 Center Road

First Saturday Celery Field Walk

Sarasota Audubon Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL

 Meet at the Nature Center 999 Center Road

Carefree Learner – April 6, 2026

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

Boat tours to Roberts Bay Rookery inVenice on the Carefree Learner. See hundreds of nesting herons, egrets, spoonbills and more. The boat is docked 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...

$30.00

Old Miakka Preserve with Stu Wilson

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

"East end of Fruitville Rd. Continue on the gravel road to the entrance ½ mile on right."

Second Monday Celery Field Walk

Raymond Road Boardwalk 1550 Raymond Road, Sarasota, FL, United States

Meet at Raymond Rd Boardwalk. Parking on side of road. Porta potty on site.

Return to the Sky – Bald Eagle Reintroduction

Tina Morris, Ornithologist, regales us with Return to the Sky - Bald Eagle Reintroduction. In the spring of 1975, on the eve of the US Bicentennial, Tina was selected to reintroduce Bald Eagles into New York State in the hope that the species could eventually repopulate eastern North America. This presentation is based on her...

Broadway Beach & Leffis Key

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

Meet at entrance to Broadway Beach (West end of Broadway St. @ north end of LBK) then to Leffis Key at the south end of Bradenton Beach on Gulf Dr. South"

Wingspan, The Game – Beginners Welcome – *MEMBERS ONLY

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...

Bluebirds, Bluebirds, Bluebirds!

Sarasota Audubon Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL

"Join Jim Nichols, President of the Florida Bluebird Society for a presenta-tion on these beautiful jewels."

Third Sunday Celery Field Walk

Raymond Road Boardwalk 1550 Raymond Road, Sarasota, FL, United States

Meet at Raymond Rd Boardwalk. Parking on side of road. Porta potty on site.