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Bird Reports by Rex Rowan Archives

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Upcoming Events

7:30 am Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area

Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area

Feb 17 @ 7:30 am – 11:30 am

Location map Meet trip leader Bubba Scales in the Publix parking lot at SW 34th St. and Williston Rd. to carpool. The 6,577-acre Emeralda Marsh in northern Lake County, at the headwaters of the Ocklawaha River, is a National … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Feb 20 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

9:00 am Zen Birding @ Possum Creek Park

Zen Birding @ Possum Creek Park

Feb 24 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am

Location map. Starting September 23rd. Held every 4th Sunday of the month at Possum Creek Park from 9:00-10:30am. Zen birding is a combination of yoga, meditation, birding, and hiking. Please contact Christina Opett at (585) 507-1567 for more … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Feb 27 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

9:00 am Family Birding at Paynes Prairie...

Family Birding at Paynes Prairie...

Mar 2 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Register for this kid oriented event through the Friends of Paynes Prairie website by following this link. Location map We welcome you the first Saturday of each month October through April, to join us for a hike on … Continue reading →

8:00 am Morningside Nature Center (CLEP*)

Morningside Nature Center (CLEP*)

Mar 3 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am

Location map Meet trip leader Geoff Parks in the MNC parking lot for a visit to one of Gainesville’s premier nature parks featuring over six miles of trails through sandhills, flatwoods, cypress domes, and beautifully-restored native longleaf pine and … Continue reading →

4:45 pm Birds and Brew @ First Magnitude Brewery 1220 SE Veitch Street

Birds and Brew @ First Magnitude Brewery 1220 SE Veitch Street

Mar 3 @ 4:45 pm – 6:00 pm

Location map Meet at First Magnitude Brewery (1220 SE Veitch Street) for a stroll to Depot Park to look for birds, and return to First Mag for a cold brew and good conversation. Birds and Brew is a monthly event … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Mar 6 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Mar 13 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

8:00 am Paynes Prairie Main Entrance

Paynes Prairie Main Entrance

Mar 16 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location map Meet trip leader Felicia Lee at the parking area beside the ranger/pay station at the park entrance off US-441 just north of Micanopy. The woods should be green with new leaves, spring wildflowers should be blooming, and … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Mar 20 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

7:00 pm What is Being Done to Preserve E... @ Millhopper Library

What is Being Done to Preserve E... @ Millhopper Library

Mar 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Location map Hear how humans are striving to diminish the loss of biodiversity on our planet. Aimee Pritchard will share her experiences of working in Texas to support the increased reproduction of a threatened bird. Wednesday, March 20, … Continue reading →

8:00 am Mill Creek Preserve (CLEP*)

Mill Creek Preserve (CLEP*)

Mar 23 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location map In 2002 the Alachua County Forever program made its first conservation land purchase, the Mill Creek Preserve, 1,190 acres of deep hardwood forest containing the southernmost stand of beech trees in North America. Meet county biologist … Continue reading →

9:00 am Zen Birding @ Possum Creek Park

Zen Birding @ Possum Creek Park

Mar 24 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am

Location map. Starting September 23rd. Held every 4th Sunday of the month at Possum Creek Park from 9:00-10:30am. Zen birding is a combination of yoga, meditation, birding, and hiking. Please contact Christina Opett at (585) 507-1567 for more … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Mar 27 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Apr 3 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

7:00 am Ocala National Forest

Ocala National Forest

Apr 6 @ 7:00 am – 1:00 pm

Location map Meet trip leader Rex Rowan in the Publix parking lot at SW 34th St. and Williston Rd. Come and admire the longleaf sandhills and scrub in this marvelous 383,000-acre remnant of the original Florida, while we search … Continue reading →

9:00 am Family Birding at Paynes Prairie...

Family Birding at Paynes Prairie...

Apr 6 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Register for this kid oriented event through the Friends of Paynes Prairie website by following this link. Location map We welcome you the first Saturday of each month October through April, to join us for a hike on … Continue reading →

8:00 am Prairie Creek and Newnans Lake b...

Prairie Creek and Newnans Lake b...

Apr 7 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location map Meet trip leader Matt Bruce at Kate’s Fish Camp on Hawthorne Rd. at Prairie Creek. Going east on Hawthorne Rd., drive past Powers Park and 0.7 mile later, just before the bridge, turn left into Kate’s. If … Continue reading →

6:15 pm Birds and Brew @ First Magnitude Brewery 1220 SE Veitch Street

Birds and Brew @ First Magnitude Brewery 1220 SE Veitch Street

Apr 7 @ 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm

Location map Meet at First Magnitude Brewery (1220 SE Veitch Street) for a stroll to Depot Park to look for birds, and return to First Mag for a cold brew and good conversation. Birds and Brew is a monthly event … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Apr 10 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

7:00 am Bell Ridge Longleaf Wildlife and...

Bell Ridge Longleaf Wildlife and...

Apr 13 @ 7:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location map Bell Ridge is a 720-acre property with a 3.1-mile trail winding through what has been described as “one of the highest quality longleaf pine sandhill forest tracts in Florida.” Join trip leader Deena Mickelson in the … Continue reading →

6:30 am Cedar Key

Cedar Key

Apr 14 @ 6:30 am – 1:00 pm

Location map Meet trip leader Rex Rowan in the Target parking lot on Archer Rd. at I-75. The emphasis on this trip will be spring migrants – mainly warblers and shorebirds. We’ll also look for some uncommon and/or coastal-nesting … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Apr 17 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

8:00 am Powers Park and Palm Point

Powers Park and Palm Point

Apr 20 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am

Location map Meet trip leader Barbara Shea at Powers Park on Hawthorne Rd. to look for migrants in the trees along the boat channel and to scan the lake from the fishing pier. Then we’ll travel to nearby Palm … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Apr 24 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

8:00 am Bolen Bluff Trail

Bolen Bluff Trail

Apr 27 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am

Location map Meet trip leader Mike Manetz at the trailhead on US-441 at the south rim of Paynes Prairie. Bolen Bluff is one of Gainesville’s perennial favorite birding locations, especially during the peak of songbird migration, and we’ll be … Continue reading →

8:00 am Green Acres Nature Park

Green Acres Nature Park

Apr 28 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am

Location map Meet trip leader Noah Frade in the parking lot of the Royal Park Stadium 16 movie theater at 3702 W. Newberry Rd. The trail beginning at Green Acres Park skirts the Sugarfoot Prairie, an undisturbed expanse of … Continue reading →

9:00 am Zen Birding @ Possum Creek Park

Zen Birding @ Possum Creek Park

Apr 28 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am

Location map. Starting September 23rd. Held every 4th Sunday of the month at Possum Creek Park from 9:00-10:30am. Zen birding is a combination of yoga, meditation, birding, and hiking. Please contact Christina Opett at (585) 507-1567 for more … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

May 1 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

8:00 am Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Sweetwater Wetlands Park

May 4 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am

Location map Meet trip leader Becky Minnick in the SWP parking lot on Williston Road about ¾ of a mile east of US-441. By early May, our marsh birds should be involved in courtship and nesting. We’ll be looking … Continue reading →

all-day Cedar Key by boat (sign-up requ...

Cedar Key by boat (sign-up requ...

May 5 all-day

Join trip leader Scott Flamand and the Tidewater Tours crew on a canopied pontoon-boat ride into some of the lesser-known shorebird haunts of the Cedar Key area. Tidewater Tours owners offer a special Alachua Audubon price of $25 per person … Continue reading →

6:15 pm Birds and Brew @ First Magnitude Brewery 1220 SE Veitch Street

Birds and Brew @ First Magnitude Brewery 1220 SE Veitch Street

May 5 @ 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm

Location map Meet at First Magnitude Brewery (1220 SE Veitch Street) for a stroll to Depot Park to look for birds, and return to First Mag for a cold brew and good conversation. Birds and Brew is a monthly event … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

May 8 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

8:00 am Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve (CLEP*)

Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve (CLEP*)

May 11 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location map Meet trip leader Michael Drummond at the Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve parking corral on County Road 325 2.3 miles south of State Road 20. We’ll hope to see Bachman’s Sparrow, Brown-headed Nuthatch, and Red-headed Woodpecker, but birds won’t … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

May 15 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

May 22 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

9:00 am Zen Birding @ Possum Creek Park

Zen Birding @ Possum Creek Park

May 26 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am

Location map. Starting September 23rd. Held every 4th Sunday of the month at Possum Creek Park from 9:00-10:30am. Zen birding is a combination of yoga, meditation, birding, and hiking. Please contact Christina Opett at (585) 507-1567 for more … Continue reading →

8:30 am Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Wednesday Bird Walk at the Wetlands @ Sweetwater Wetlands Park

May 29 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am

Location map Sweetwater Wetlands Park is on the south side of Gainesville, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of SW 13th Street/US 441 and Williston Road. Look for the sign on the south side of the road. We’ll meet … Continue reading →

6:15 am June Challenge Kick-off

June Challenge Kick-off

Jun 1 @ 6:15 am – 12:15 pm

Location map Meet Rex Rowan in the parking corral of the Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve (on CR-325 2.3 miles south of Hawthorne Rd.) to kick off The June Challenge. We’ll try to find Common Nighthawk and Bachman’s Sparrow at Longleaf. … Continue reading →

6:45 pm Birds and Brew @ First Magnitude Brewery 1220 SE Veitch Street

Birds and Brew @ First Magnitude Brewery 1220 SE Veitch Street

Jun 2 @ 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm

Location map Meet at First Magnitude Brewery (1220 SE Veitch Street) for a stroll to Depot Park to look for birds, and return to First Mag for a cold brew and good conversation. Birds and Brew is a monthly event … Continue reading →

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