Beginning Birding at Viera Wetlands Trip Report – Oct 21, 2018

Jeff and Rochelle hosted our beginning birding class at Viera Wetland on Sunday, Oct 21 2018. We started with some treats that Rochelle brought and then David and Dee gave our attendees an informative talk on birding basis. David led us on a driving tour around the wetlands for approx 1.5 hours. There were a total of 17 birders including the hosts. The list below is courtesy of David Simpson (posted on eBird)

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Mead Botanical Gardens Field Trip – April 14, 2018

Jim led 12 birders to Mead Botanical Gardens on Sunday to look for migrating warblers and interesting plant life.  The combination of learning about native and exotic species of plants as well as a productive morning of birding, made for a delightful visit to the Winter Park area just north of Orlando.  We were able to locate the pair of Barred Owls that have taken up residence at the gardens.  Our group sat down to a nice lunch After an easy  2 1/2 hour walk and tabulated the following 38 species:

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Tosohatachee Field Trip Report – April 8, 2018

We had 14 birders and plant enthusiasts join us for the adventure. Each driver had a walkie-talkie, so birds were pointed out even on route to Tosahatchee. Our board of directors was well represented with Deborah Longman Marien, Lora Losi, myself, and Jim Stahl handling the plant portion. If you look at the bird list…you will see that this particular location is very nice indeed. When we weren’t working birds…Jim was pointing out many, many native plants including some rare ones. This year we had our lunch picnic way out at Lake Charlie….and everyone loved the location. We only do this trip once per year, so don’t miss it next year. Matt Heyden

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