The Sanctuary celebrates new signage and more.

In 2023, Florida experienced a pink wave: Hundreds of American Flamingos blew into Florida and across the United States on the winds of Hurricane Idalia. In a February 2024 survey, staff and birders around the Sunshine State counted more than 100 flamingos—giving hope that some of those blown off course in the storm had chosen to remain in Florida. In November, Mark Cook, PhD, of the South Florida Water Management District, spotted a flock 62 birds strong in Florida Bay.

Conservation—especially of land already owned by the state—was top of mind this fall as advocates across Florida used their voices on behalf of state parks, Withlacoochee State Forest, and rural ranchlands and wetlands in Orange County.

Audubon attends ceremony for major Everglades project.

At Audubon, we held our breath this year as a predicted busy hurricane season had the potential to impact not only our coastal communities, but our beach-nesting birds as well. Hurricane Debby skirted Florida's Gulf Coast as a tropical storm, effectively ending the nesting season in Southwest Florida before making landfall as a hurricane in the Big Bend area in August. Helene and Milton had large impacts on neighborhoods, shorelines, and barrier islands in September and October.

Goodbye 2024, hello 2025!

Senior Coordinator of Shorebird Stewardship Brian Cammarano details his Christmas Bird Count experience.

A letter from the new Florida Audubon Society board chair.

The Florida Cabinet approved purchases and easements under the Florida Forever and Rural and Family Lands Protection programs.