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Christmas Bird Count in the Panhandle
Conservation

Christmas Bird Count in the Panhandle: 77 Species, Including Some Rare Treats

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

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Recap: Audubon Florida's 2024 Legislative Update
News

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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News & Updates

Audubon Science Explains Why Roseate Spoonbills Didn't Share Same Successes as Other Wading Birds
Conversation

Audubon Science Explains Why Roseate Spoonbills Didn't Share Same Successes as Other Wading Birds

2018 will go down in the record books as one of the greatest years for wading bird nesting efforts in recent memory. However, one of Audubon’s indicator species exhibited disappointing nesting efforts by comparison.

Jay Watch Celebrates 2019 Season of Monitoring and Restoration
News

Jay Watch Celebrates 2019 Season of Monitoring and Restoration

In 2019, more than 200 volunteers were trained and participated in Jay Watch surveys.

Legislative Look-Back and Look-Ahead
Advocacy

Legislative Look-Back and Look-Ahead

Fall legislative committees are in full swing in the run up to the January 2020 Session.

Construction Complete on Over a Mile of Living Shoreline at Alafia Banks Sanctuary
Coastal Conservation

Construction Complete on Over a Mile of Living Shoreline at Alafia Banks Sanctuary

The Alafia Banks Critical Wildlife Area is leased from and managed in collaboration with The Mosaic Company and Port Tampa Bay as a bird sanctuary.

New Records of Banded Skimmers in Key West
Coastal Conservation

New Records of Banded Skimmers in Key West

Thanks to a community scientist, critical bird band data charts movements of these iconic seabirds.

An Improved Nesting Season for Seabirds and Shorebirds
Coastal Conservation

An Improved Nesting Season for Seabirds and Shorebirds

Audubon’s hard-working coastal biologists and volunteers were thrilled in 2019 to see more breeding success than the previous year.

Critical Wildlife Area Supporters Convince Fort Myers Beach Town Council to Vote Down Destructive Boardwalk.
News

Audubon Staff and Volunteers Convince Fort Myers Beach Town Council to Vote Down Destructive Boardwalk.

On Monday, the Town Council of Fort Myers Beach voted down an ordinance exception that would have allowed boardwalk construction into nesting bird habitat in the Little Estero Island Critical Wildlife Area (CWA).

Audubon Assembly Participants Visit FPL Horizon Solar Energy Center
Audubon Assembly

Audubon Assembly Participants Visit FPL Horizon Solar Energy Center

Assembly visitors gathered early to see a working, large-scale solar site, while also tallying the types of wildlife that live in harmony with these clean energy centers.

U.S. Rep. Castor & Audubon Florida Sound Alarm on the Climate Crisis’ Impact on North American Birds
News

U.S. Rep. Castor & Audubon Florida Sound Alarm on the Climate Crisis’ Impact on North American Birds

Rising temperatures put 389 North American bird species on the brink of extinction.

Volunteers Give Eaglet a Second Chance at Life
Audubon Center For Birds Of Prey

Volunteers Give Eaglet a Second Chance at Life

Looking back at one of the best successes of the 2018-2019 EagleWatch season.

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