Classes & Field Trips

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December 2012 – February 2013

Dec
1
Sat
La Chua Trail
Dec 1 @ 8:00 am – 11:30 am

Leader: Caleb Gordon
Difficulty: 2
Meeting place: La Chua Trail Parking Lot. From University Avenue south on SE 15th Street; when the road curves left, go straight ahead down Camp Ranch Road.

 

Dec
16
Sun
Christmas Bird Count
Dec 16 – Dec 17 all-day

Leaders: Adams/Hintermister
Difficulty: 3
Meeting place: Special Event – See The Crane

 

Jan
5
Sat
Alligator Lake
Jan 5 @ 8:00 am – 11:30 am

Leader: Jerry Krummrich
Difficulty: 2
Meeting place: Alligator Lake Parking Lot. From I-75 take US-90 east through Lake City and turn south on Old Country Club Road (also known as SE Avalon Avenue or County Road 133). Entrance to parking area is 1.5 miles south on the right side of the road.

Jan
12
Sat
St Marks NWR
Jan 12 @ 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Leader: John Hintermister
Difficulty: 3
Meeting place: St Marks NWR Visitor Center (south of Tallahassee).From US-98 in Newport (Wakulla County) south on County Road 59 to the visitor center. Admission fee of $5.00 per vehicle.

*Participation limited, contact Wild Birds Unlimited at (352) 381-1997.

Jan
13
Sun
St Marks NWR
Jan 13 @ 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Leader: John Hintermister
Difficulty: 3
Meeting place: St Marks NWR Visitor Center (south of Tallahassee).From US-98 in Newport (Wakulla County) south on County Road 59 to the visitor center. Admission fee of $5.00 per vehicle.

*Participation limited, contact Wild Birds Unlimited at (352) 381-1997.

Jan
26
Sat
La Chua Trail
Jan 26 @ 8:00 am – 11:30 am

Leaders: Neil and Joan Macleod
Difficulty: 2
Meeting place: La Chua Trail Parking Lot. From University Avenue south on SE 15th Street; when the road curves left, go straight ahead down Camp Ranch Road.

 

Jan
27
Sun
Gainesville Ponds
Jan 27 @ 8:00 am – 10:30 am

Leader: Ron Robinson
Difficulty: 1
Meeting place: Home Depot (at I-75) Parking Lot.  Just west of I-75, go south from Newberry Road on NW 75th Street (Tower Road) 0.2 mile to the first traffic light (NW 4th Boulevard). Turn left to the Home Depot parking lot.

Feb
2
Sat
Sparrow Walk
Feb 2 @ 8:00 am – 11:30 am

Leaders: Kent/Adams
Difficulty: 2
Meeting place: La Chua Trail Parking Lot. From University Avenue south on SE 15th Street; when the road curves left, go straight ahead down Camp Ranch Road.
*Participation limited, contact Wild Birds Unlimited at (352) 381-1997.

Feb
9
Sat
Northeast Florida Coast
Feb 9 @ 6:30 am – 1:00 pm

Leader: John Hintermister
Difficulty: 2
Meeting place: Tag Agency. NW 34th Street (State Road 121) just south of junction with US-441, directly across the street from ABC Liquors.

Feb
12
Tue
The Humming and Other Birds of Ecuador @ Millhopper Branch Library meeting room
Feb 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Share a recent trip to Ecuador with Alachua Audubon members Brenda Springfield and John Sivinski, who photographed startlingly beautiful hummingbirds, tanagers, barbets, potoo, cock of the rock, and many other birds in the cloud forests of the Andean foothills. Brenda is a retired P.K. Yonge / Alachua County / UF Art instructor and John is an Entomologist at the USDA Center of Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology.
Site: Millhopper Library Meeting Room, 3145 NW 43rd Street at 7:00 p.m.