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Protect Beach-nesting Birds from Fireworks this July Fourth Weekend
Coastal Conservation

Protect Beach-nesting Birds from Fireworks this July Fourth Weekend

Least Terns, Black Skimmers, Wilson’s Plovers, Snowy Plovers, and American Oystercatchers nest on Florida coasts.

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Recap: Audubon Florida's 2024 Legislative Update
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Recap: Audubon Florida's 2024 Legislative Update

We celebrate the good bills that made it across the finish line, and the bad bills we stopped in their tracks. Read on for details and thank you for lending your voice to make these successes possible.

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Florida's State Parks Are Critical for Piping Plovers
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Florida's State Parks Are Critical for Piping Plovers

T PIPLFKJ5SecBLtTalbotFL31115-300x262.jpg he critical role of high quality habitat protected within Florida’s coastal parks and preserves was demonstrated recently by two recent, cross-state resightings of the same banded Piping Plover.

Flamingos Return to Palm Beach County
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Flamingos Return to Palm Beach County

Many tourists travel to Florida each year and mistake the beautiful Roseate Spoonbill for another iconic pink bird – the American Flamingo.

Audubon Rallies for Amendment 1 at the Capitol
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Audubon Rallies for Amendment 1 at the Capitol

Audubon Intern Brittney Deoliveira submitted this recap of her experience helping with the Rally for Amendment 1 & Clean Water on February 18.

Audubon Scientists: “Everglades Restoration Cannot Wait”
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Audubon Scientists: “Everglades Restoration Cannot Wait”

New South Florida Water Management District Report Highlights Steep Decline in Wading Bird Nesting

Extra Protection for Rooftop Least Terns
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Extra Protection for Rooftop Least Terns

When natural beach habitat is unavailable or experiences too much disturbance to successfully raise chicks, the flat, gravel rooftops are the next best thing!

Fact Sheet: 2014 Everglades Wading Bird Nesting Report
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Fact Sheet: 2014 Everglades Wading Bird Nesting Report

This month the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) released the annual South Florida Wading Bird Report, which showed a steep decline in wading bird nesting in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem.

Osceola County Orders Ecological Review of Deseret Ranch Plan
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Osceola County Orders Ecological Review of Deseret Ranch Plan

Osceola County has responded to efforts spearheaded by Audubon Florida and a coalition of Audubon chapters in Central Florida by ordering an independent ecological review of the vast Deseret North Ranch sector plan.

The Christmas Bird Count is Many Things to Many People
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The Christmas Bird Count is Many Things to Many People

For many Floridians, the Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is as much a tradition over the holidays as the Christmas tree.

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