• First Monday Celery Field Walk

    Sarasota Audubon Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL

    meet at the Nature Center 999 Center Rd.

  • 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.

  • Big Sit

    Join SAS members to count birds from a 17' circle. Contact Reenie Ram (email) if you would like to participate and learn the location. Click here for more information.

  • 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.

  • Monthly Meeting – Anders Gyllenhaal

    Zoom - Register to attend the zoom meeting

    Rescheduled from October 14, 2024.:  A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds. Journalist Anders Gyllenhaal will talk about the extensive research he and his wife Beverly Gyllenhaal did resulting in their book on the urgency of bird conservation. Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal are long-time journalists devoting their time to writing...

  • 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.

  • Florida Scrub-Jay Guided Walk with Jon Thaxton

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

    Kids and teens can join Jon Thaxton for a captivating stroll through Oscar Scherer Park to spot Florida Scrub-Jays in their natural habitat! This walk is ONLY for members of the Florida Young Birder's Club and youth members of the Sarasota Audubon Society. Registration is required for the child or teen. Parents/guardians do not need...

  • Members Meet and Greet

    Members Meet and Greet

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

    Members Meet and Greet - A way for our members to see each other face to face!   Meet your board members and enjoy a short presentation by a local environmentalist. Light refreshments. November 20, January 15, March 19; 2-3:30 pm in the Nature Center.  Today's speaker is Jason Robertshaw, Environmental Education Program Manager at...

  • Planning Commission Meeting

    RL Anderson Administration Building 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice, FL, United States

    If you care about the Celery Fields and its wildlife, we need you to let the Sarasota County Planning Commission know that you oppose rezone petition RZ 23-30 that will allow 170 homes on the Smith Farm property along Raymond Road next to the South Cell and across from the Raymond Road Boardwalk. Please click...