• Myakka Bridge and Crowley Nature Center

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

    "First pass the entrance road to Crowley and meet further on at the Bridge over the Myakka River. Park on side of road (be careful of potholes)."

  • Shorebird ID with Forrest Rowland

    Siesta Key Beach 948 Beach Road, Siesta Key, FL, United States

    Meet in front of the pavilion with the American flag that is to the right as you enter the main parking lot of Siesta Key Beach.

    $20 – $40
  • Butterflies of the Sarasota Audubon Nature Center

    Sarasota Audubon Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL

    A Beginner’s Guide to Butterflies, 1.5 hours – SAS Nature Center and Native Gardens. This comprehensive course covers SAS Plants-Nectar and Host Butterflies they attract Life Stages of Butterflies Mating and Reproduction Annual cycle and survival Attracting butterflies to your garden Tips for Breeding with a cage/hutch Citizen Science Contributions Learn how native plants host...

    $10 – $20
  • Carefree Learner – March 24, 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
  • Birds & Brews

    Big Top Brewing 3045 Fruitville Commons Blvd, Sarasota, FL, United States

    Join us at Big Top Brewery for a fun evening talking birds over local brews.

  • Beginning Nature Journaling with Jenny Cherry

    Sarasota Audubon Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL

    A nature journal is a lens that focuses your attention, enriches your experiences, and develops your skills as a naturalist. This practice also enhances your observations, curiosity, and joy. Nature Journaling can consist of field notes, field sketches, observations, thoughts, feelings, or anything that captures your curiosity. For this Beginner's art class, Jenny will review...

    $20
  • Evolution of Birds & Taxonomy

    Sarasota Audubon Nature Center 999 Center Road, Sarasota, FL

    Learn about the early ancestors of birds, how geology both prehistoric and contemporary has affected bird evolution, and come full circle to today's accepted Taxonomy with a nod to the research and techniques that have brought us to this understanding. Register Here

    $20 – $40
  • 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...