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Go birding, learn about wildlife with Bay County Audubon Society  

Go birding, learn about wildlife with Bay County Audubon Society. Upcoming events, presentations, and field trips and more with Bay County Audubon Society in March and April 2024.  Field trips are subject to the weather. No rain dates have been scheduled. For questions, call or email Ron Houser at 850-774-9733; ronhouser84@gmail.com. March 11: Meet in person in the St. Andrews Episcopal Church Parish Hall at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month, September-May. Informal socializing starts at 6:30 p.m., routine business...

Join in on the annual Audubon Backyard Bird Count Feb. 16 – 19

Have 15 minutes to spare for the birds? Join Audubon for the 26th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), taking place February 16 – 19, 2024. Bird and nature lovers everywhere, of all skill levels and all abilities, unite in the effort to tally as many of the world’s bird species as possible over these four days. Combined with other bird counts, GBBC results help create a clearer picture of how birds are faring—whether individual species are declining, increasing, or...

Enjoy February field trips with the Choctawhatchee Audubon Society

Enjoy birding with the local Choctawhatchee Audubon this February. View and learn about birds while enjoying the outdoors in Northwest Florida. Sat., Feb. 10, 2024 – field trip to into the countryside of North Okaloosa and Walton counties. Leader Malcolm Swan 210:452:4899 (texting encouraged). Meet at 7:30 am in the Niceville CVS, Oak Creek Shopping Center parking lot, Niceville. Our goals include winter visitors including Sandhill Cranes south of Florala and Lake Jackson. Wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes, and long pants....

Enjoy birding with Choctawhatchee Audubon Society

Get outdoors and enjoy birding this November with Choctawhatchee Audubon Society – Nov. 2, 2023 – 6:30 p.m. Feathers, Focus, and Frames: Bird Photography in Okaloosa County by Jim Anderton Visit and socialize with us and Jim Anderton who will talk about photography gear and techniques he uses to photograph birds in Okaloosa County. Learn about the local birding hotspots he visits as well as the birds he photographs. This Choctawhatchee Audubon program will take place on Nov. 2nd and...

Hummingbirds visit Northwest Florida during fall months

Fill up your feeders and enjoy a hummer show! Between now and early spring, rare hummingbird species from out West turn up in Florida on their way to their winter homes in the tropics. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are year-round residents throughout Florida, but many from up North also pass through here on their annual migration to Central America. Floridians who put up hummingbird feeders or grow red or orange tubular flowers may get a glimpse of one of at least nine...

Enjoy birding with the Choctawhatchee Audubon Society

Get outdoors and enjoy birding with the Choctawhatchee Audubon Society. September: A visit to a very popular hotspot – twice! Sept. 16th & 30th we’ll observe over the Okaloosa Holding Ponds and Wright Landfill pond. We’ll meet up along the west edge of Roberts Road electric substation north of Helen Back Pizza off Lewis Turner Blvd in Wright. On our website is a link to a map to see the exact location. On the 16th Malcolm Swan will lead us...