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Birding with St. Pete Audubon–Shorebirds at Fort Desoto Park

March 6, 2010

Shortly after 8 a.m. this morning I found myself standing out on the rather chilly mud flats at Fort Desoto County Park with members of the St. Petersburg Audubon Society, hoping to learn about shorebirds. For a novice, shorebirds are incredibly challenging to identify. But with the assistance of experienced birders I found myself quickly [...]

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Birding by Ear and Habitat

January 30, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
My alarm clock went off at 4:05 this morning. I was to meet Paddy Cunningham-Pascatore and the rest of our group for a pre-sunrise Space Coast Birding Festival field trip in the bird-rich Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (MINWR).
It was pitch black when I arrived in the parking lot of [...]

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13th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival Offers Something for Every Nature Enthusiast

January 29, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Not all activities at the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival are outdoors. Much of the festival takes place in the Exhibition Center in the Gymnatorium at Brevard Community College. Vendors who serve the birding community showcase what they have to offer.
Thursday afternoon I had a couple hours of free [...]

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A Scrub Jay Adventure at the Space Coast Birding Festival

January 28, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
I first met the friendly scrub jays when I went on a camping trip to Oscar Scherer State Park in Sarasota as a kid. These beautiful jays have no fear of humans. Since they are so habitat-specific, few people get to see them. I became reaquainted with this species this [...]

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Fort Desoto’s North Beach is for the Birds

November 28, 2008

Fort Desoto County Park is one of the Nation’s top birding locations. In addition to having lots of permanent resident bird species, many migratory species stop by the park on their way to other more exotic locations.
On Thanksgiving Day we took a drive out to Fort Desoto Park–it’s only 30 minutes from our house–and took a walk [...]

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Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival

November 27, 2008

The 12th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival is coming to Titusville, Florida in January 2009. If you are a birder, or just love to learn about birds and wildlife from the experts, you don’t want to miss this Festival.
When: January 21 – 26, 2009
Where: Brevard Community College Campus in Titusville, Florida, and surrounding [...]

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