WELCOME TO SOUTH FLORIDA AUDUBON SOCIETY
South Florida Audubon Society, based in Broward County, fosters conservation through local, regional, national, and global environmental advocacy and activities throughout South Florida with an emphasis on birds and other wildlife and their habitats. This Home page highlights upcoming birding and special events, action alerts, and news of interest for the region which includes Broward, Martin, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Indian River Counties in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem.
Click on Advocacy to access pages on Wildlife and Protected Species, Land Conservation and Public Land Management, Water for the Environment, Growth Management and Transportation, and Global Climate Change and Energy. Click on Birding to access pages on how to bird and where to bird. Click on Photos to see photos of birds feeding, fighting, flying, mating, and nesting, as well as young birds learning. Click on Join to access the membership form and click on Archives to see our accomplishments and former status as Broward County Audubon Society. The Index-Links page provides easy access to areas of this educational website.
ACTION ALERTS & NEWS
Fund Raising by Voting
Help Audubon raise funds by voting for them at the American Express Member's Project website (click here). You have to register to vote and can vote weekly to help secure a $200,000 grant for Audubon.
SFAS TogetherGreen Volunteer Days
South Florida Audubon Society has received a TogetherGreen grant to continue its collaborative activities in Broward County. The first 2010-2011 TogetherGreen Volunteer Days event will be in September. SFAS is partnering with Broward County Naturescape and Broward County Schools. Students at West Broward High School in Pembroke Pines will be planting trees on school property to increase the "urban canopy".
The event will be linked to National Public Lands Day which is observed on September 25, 2010.
Banning Offshore Drilling in Florida
Governor Charlie Crist has requested a Special Session of the Florida legislature from July 20-23 to permanently address the issue of offshore oil drilling along the Florida coastline. Click here for details.
Birders Needed to Monitor
Nesting Birds
While birders close to the path of oil monitor effects of contamination there, other bird watchers are needed to monitor nesting inland birds who pass through or winter in the Gulf region. Click here for details on ways to get involved.
Help or Harm?
Windmills have been promoted as an earth-friendly method for helping move us towards energy independence. These have been installed at a variety of locations and more are envisioned. There are potential problems with them. Gear oil failures can produce fires and smoke
Unsuccessful attempts have been made thus far to solve the problem. Dow-Corning is working on the problem now under a government grant.
GULF OIL SPILL
Wildlife affected by oil are being cleaned by several groups working together. Click here and here for weekly updates.
Read about ways to help by clicking here. The Gulf Restoration Network has additional information about the situation.
Nature Camps
Camp Live Oak sponsored by two nearby state parks has camping sessions until August 20th for children and youth. Click here for details and registration.
South Florida Audubon Meetings
Dates and locations for the South Florida Audubon Society monthly educational meetings are now available. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on alternate months at Fern Forest Nature Center in Coconut Creek, Florida and Anne Kolb Nature Center in Hollywood, Florida.
- September 16, 2010 at Fern Forest
- October 21, 2010 at Anne Kolb
- November 18, 2010 at Fern Forest
- December 16, 2010 at Anne Kolb
- January 20, 2011 at Fern Forest
- February 17, 2011 at Anne Kolb
- March 17, 2011 at Fern Forest
- April 21, 2011 at Anne Kolb
10/22-23/2010 Audubon Assembly in St. Petersburg, FL
3/18-20/2011 Audubon Academy in Gainesville, FL at Paramount Plaza
Bird with South Florida Audubon
Look here for fall dates for birding with skilled guides in local hotspots.
Bird with Tropical Audubon Society
Tropical Audubon Society provides weekend birding field trips and a blog on sightings of rare birds in South Florida. Click here for their latest newsletter.
Bird with Paddy
Visit www.birdadventure.com for upcoming trips led by Paddy or email her at birdpaddy@yahoo.com. For her one day trips click on Events.
Grant Campbell has created an online blog to help members of South Florida Audubon stay abreast of conservation issues in Florida. Click here to access that blog that also includes events and membership information.
Audubon News Links
To view the Summer Issue of the Networker, click here. For the last issue of Audubon Newswire, click here. To access Audubon of Florida News, click here.
Loxahatchee Art Contest & Show
Begin now to prepare art to contribute to the Fall Juried Art Contest and Show at Loxahatchee. Submit contributions on October 10-17 and attend the awards ceremony on October 24 at 1pm. Click here for contest rules and fees.