Snowy Plover Chick
credit: Jamey Binniveld
Check out our newly updated Field Trips Page to join us on a birding outing.
Our Shorebird Stewardship Program has begun for the season! Join us to participate in protecting our shorebirds and advancing citizen science.
Review our Birding Hotspots for recommendations of birding locales.
And an update on our recent successful partnership with the Friends of Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve through a $2500 LCEC Environmental Funding Award.
“. . . the whole glory of being a bird is that nobody would ever put you to work.”
David Sedaris
UPCOMING EVENTS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
Forthcoming Birding Trips
CREW Flint Pen Stand
November 11
Barefoot Beach County Preserve & Christmas Bird Count
December 26
How to Make Your Home Bird Safe
A recent study estimates that collisions kill 1.28 to 3.6 billion birds per year in the U.S. alone, but you can help reduce the fatality numbers. Audubon of Southwest Florida has been a local leader in educating governmental and educational entities, local organizations and businesses, and community members, providing means and support to reduce window collisions.
Check out our Birds & Windows Page for more information on what you can do.
Audubon of Southwest Florida Awarded an Audubon Florida/Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) “Plants for Birds” Grant
With other local and state partners, we assisted in repopulating a suitable area of the 70,000-acre CREW property with native orchids.
Audubon of Southwest Florida thanks LCEC for a 2026 Environmental Funding Award to
to make the Slough’s Interpretive Center bird-friendly. For this $2500 grant, we are in partnership with the Friends of Six Cypress Slough Preserve.
The project will make the windows and doors at the Interpretive Center “bird-friendly” by installing microdot nature-imaged film and rows of clear dots at two-inch intervals on windows. Both products are science-based proven solutions that prevent fatal bird-glass collisions, which have been documented at the Center. Transparent and reflective glass produce the illusion of space—sky, foliage, etc.—thus the collisions.
Addressing the glass hazard will make the education building truly “green” and will serve as an educational exhibit for years to come.
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Blue Bird Monitoring
Our chapter also actively engages in Blue Bird monitoring at Babcock Ranch Preserve, where we set up protected bird boxes for nesting pairs. Look for updates and reports in our Flyways Newsletter.