If you aren't going birding with us in this beautiful weather, we hope you're doing something exceptionally-awesome! Otherwise, there is no excuse!

AAS Needs You!

Want to make a difference in this troubled world we live in? Volunteer with Apalachee Audubon! We have many opportunities available and you can volunteer as little or as much time as you wish. Don’t have much time? Spend a couple hours working as a greeter for the AAS table at a local festival. You can chair our membership committee, send welcome letters to new chapter members, introduce birding to children at Pineview Elementary, or help organize our May 2018 Banquet. (See below for more details about the last two items.)

To learn more about our volunteer opportunities and sign up, visit our  AAS Volunteer webpage  or send an email to  [email protected] .

November Program

Rivers, Birds, and Water Wars with Dr. Todd Engstrom

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Social 7:00 PM, Program 7:30 PM

The King Life Sciences Building

319 Stadium Drive, Room 1024

Summary:

Increasing human demand for freshwater has affected flow seasonality and volume of rivers around the world. The Apalachicola River drainage with records of over 330 species of birds is examined to document how river health affects bird life.  

Presenter Bio:

After receiving his PhD at FSU in 1986, Todd’s first job was with the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology working on avian monitoring programs. He came back to Tallahassee to be a staff ecologist at Tall Timbers Research Station, where he focused on conservation biology of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker, response of vertebrate populations to prescribed fire, and animal communities in old-growth longleaf pine forests.

He left Tall Timbers to direct the Greenwood Project for The Nature Conservancy in Thomasville, Georgia, and, after conducting a search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker on the Apalachicola River, he had a short stint as Associate Director of the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Currently he is an independent researcher and a Research Associate at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy and Courtesy Faculty in the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University.  

Program Field Trip

Sunday, November 19

The Nature Conservancy's Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve

Join Todd Engstrom for a hike on the well-known Garden of Eden trail to search for birds, unusual ecosystems, and scenic views. The trail can be steep in places and is three miles round trip.

Participants will meet at the parking lot off of Highway 12 just north of Bristol, Florida at 9:00 PM Eastern.

Other Upcoming Field Trips

Audubon Members Explore Spring Canyon

Seventeen Audubon members joined landowners Helen and Tom Roth for a tour of the 100 acres they are restoring in the Upper Apalachicola Basin. Click here to find out more about their restoration efforts, the unique property they manage, and one of the largest cottonmouths you'll ever see!

Pineview Pilot Program

Several Audubon members recently visited Pineview Elementary School for their first program of the year where they taught students at this Title 1 school about birding. Read more to learn how it went!

Next visits are:

11/3

11/17

12/1

12/15

Contact Peter Kleinhenz at [email protected] if you're interested in helping out!

Help Us Plan Our Annual Banquet

Our annual banquet in May is a long way away, but it's not too early to plan. We are looking for someone to help us coordinate the planning of the banquet to ensure that it's a success. Please contact Sean McGlynn at [email protected] if you are interested.

We want to hear from you! Send us your reports from the field, your photos, and birding/conservation related events in the community.