Led by Christine Rowland, President of West Pasco Audubon
- please bring binoculars
- Weather-appropriate clothing (think moisture-wicking and light)
- Hiking boots or sneakers (closed-toe shoes!)
- Insect repellent and/or sunscreen
- Plenty of water
Tag: birding
Raptor Center of Tampa Bay Presentation
Raptor Center of Tampa Bay Presentation at Heartwood Preserve!
11 AM – 12 PM
Saturday, 9.10.22
NO PETS PLEASE!
LIVE OWLS!
FAMILY FRIENDLY
Donations encouraged!
Talk & Tour: BIRD WALK
July 11th
7:30AM
HOSTED BY: west pasco audubon
BRING:
WATER
binoculars if you have them
CLOSED TOED SHOES!
LOCATION:
4100 Starkey Blvd. TRINITY
(727) 376-5111 to RSVP
BIRDING & NATURE FESTIVAL (off site event) CANCELED
Four days of field and boat trips, expert seminars, keynote speakers, and a great nature expo!
FESTIVAL WEBSITE
October 8 – 1 1 , 2020
Hillsborough Community College – Brandon
Come visit our
exhibitor table!
Talk & Tour: Bird Walk CANCELED!
Check back for more info soon!
We have postponed this walk!
Our guide for this Morning Bird Walk:
Mary Keith – Mary Keith has been birding most of her life. She grew up in rural Pennsylvania where most weekends were spent in the state parks and woods. She has lived and birded in Florida since 1992. Her degrees have nothing to do with birds (Chemistry and Food Science), but they have supported a life of work around the world where she managed to watch birds as well. She is retired from the University of Florida Extension Service and now has more time to lead bird walks for the Tampa Audubon Society, watch birds, monitor eagle nests and wading bird colonies, count Florida Scrub Jays, help organize the Florida Birding and Nature Festival, and participate in Christmas Bird Counts. She is currently serving as the President of the Tampa Audubon Society.
All welcome; binoculars available.
Meeting Place: Welcome Center. 8:00 am – 9:15 am.
Admission: Free
No experience necessary, beginners welcome.
Bird Walk
Thursday
Feb 7th
7 AM
Meet at Heartwood Preserve’s Welcome Center.
West Pasco Audubon Society will do a bird walk and Explore the cemetery. Diana Sayegh, Heartwood’s Manager, will be available for questions about cemetery.
Guided by:
J Mike Kell
Come Join us for this mid-week walk.
Off Site Event: Welcome Center Closed 10/18
2019 Florida Birding & Nature Festival
Come see Heartwood at our Vendor table ~
Attention Birders!
Celebrate the wonders of the birds, wildlife, and natural lands that we enjoy in West Central Florida.
A 4-day festival offering presentations workshops keynotes field trips boat trips a nature expo a turtle symposium presentations were you can learn from renowned professionals, experience peak migration, and shop unique products!
INFO: Florida Birding & Nature Festival
Heartwood’s Welcome Center will be CLOSED
on Friday, October 18th.
Preserve gates open normal, posted hours.
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SATURDAY ONLY SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM
A special symposium with seven speakers – “Exploring Florida’s Rich Turtle Diversity,” co-sponsored by the Florida Turtle Conservation Trust.
National Wildlife Refuges: Americas Best Kept Secret
Join us for a special event:
Saturday
1/19/19
10 AM
National Wildlife Refuges: Americas Best Kept Secret
This program, presented by the Friends of Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges, will explore the history of the National Wildlife Refuge system including important early sanctuaries in Florida, and will address both the history and wildlife of our local Pinellas refuges, and Egmont Key. Egmont Key is one of Florida’s largest nesting bird sanctuaries, home to over 30,000 pairs of nesting birds each year.
Your hosts:
Patrick Mundus
Pat is an active volunteer and board member with the Friends of Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges. His work with the group includes public outreach, land management and habitat protection, and working with the interpretive docent program on Egmont Key. A long time wildlife advocate and recreational birder he believes that the preservation and restoration of wildlife habitat in Florida is key to protecting our native species.
DAVE HOWARD
Dave is speaking to you as a board member of Friends of Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges and Coordinator of the Save Egmont Key Initiative. After retiring from Baxter Healthcare where he was the Director of R&D for Kidney Dialysis research and Blood Collection systems, he decided that wildlife here in Florida now needed his help. To grow his understanding of Florida’s biodiversity, Dave became a Florida Master Naturalist by taking all three modules of the University of Florida’s science based program.
-Lawn seating: Bring your lawn chairs, blanket
-Light refreshments
-1 hour program
4100 Starkey Blvd.
Trinity, FL 34655
Where Have All the Cattle Gone? (off site event)
February 2, 2019
11:00 AM
Hosted by the West Pasco Audubon Society
Held at: Starkey Environmental Education Center, Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park
Where Have All the Cattle Gone?
Laura Starkey is a daughter of Marsha and Jay B Starkey, Jr. and granddaughter of Jay B Starkey, Sr., the namesake of the Jay B Starkey Wilderness Park. At our March meeting, she will share with us the history of her family and the cattle ranch where she grew up, the majority of which is now the JBSWP, in a once-rural Odessa. She will talk about the formation of the Starkey Wilderness Park and how her generation of the family has faced the realities and challenges of being ranch landowners in one of the fastest developing urban regions of Florida.
Speaker: Laura Starkey
For more information please contact: jmike65@gmail.com
(West Pasco Audubon Society, Inc.)
Click here for West Pasco Audubon Programs and Field Trips information
10500 Wilderness Park Boulevard
New Port Richey, FL 34655
West Pasco Audubon Society (Private Event) Guided Birding Tour
Guided Birding Tour with Members of the West Pasco Audubon Society
1 to 4 mile walk
*Programs and Field Trips scheduled through West Pasco Audubon Society, Inc.
*This is a private field trip event.