Snowy Plover Chick
credit: Jamey Binniveld
Check out our newly updated Field Trips Page to join us on a birding outing.
Our Shorebird Stewardship Program returns this October! Join us to participate in protecting our shorebirds and advancing citizen science.
Review our Birding Hotspots for recommendations of birding locales.
And an update on our recent successful partnership with FPL & Audubon of Florida's "Plants for Birds" Grant.
“. . . the whole glory of being a bird is that nobody would ever put you to work.”
David Sedaris
UPCOMING EVENTS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
Forthcoming Birding Trips
Six-Mile Cypress Slough Preserve
September 9
Hawk Watch at the Sanibel Lighthouse
October 14
How to Make Your Home Bird Safe
A recent study estimates that collisions kill 1.28 to 3.6 billion birds per year in the U.S. alone, but you can help reduce the fatality numbers. Audubon of Southwest Florida has been a local leader in educating governmental and educational entities, local organizations and businesses, and community members, providing means and support to reduce window collisions.
Check out our Birds & Windows Page for more information on what you can do.
Audubon of Southwest Florida Awarded an Audubon Florida/Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) “Plants for Birds” Grant
With other local and state partners, we assisted in repopulating a suitable area of the 70,000-acre CREW property with native orchids.
Audubon of Southwest Florida (ASWF) thanks LCEC for a 2024 Environmental Funding Award to install and monitor housing for purple martins at the CREW Flint Pen Strand. The project is in partnership with the CREW Land & Water Trust and the FGCU Ornithology Club.
Among the project’s activities involved an educational collaborative workshop for the installation of the housing. The site is monitored and maintained by the FGCU Ornithology Club. The chapter is grateful for LCEC’s investment in the community and the natural environment.
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Blue Bird Monitoring
Our chapter also actively engages in Blue Bird monitoring at Babcock Ranch Preserve, where we set up protected bird boxes for nesting pairs. Look for updates and reports in our Flyways Newsletter.