Updated: Oct 29, 2023
Our November 2021 edition of the White Bird Newsletter is below. Topics include: conservation news (Scrub Jay, Lionfish, Bear, Manatee, Starlings), recent sightings, PRAS events, and Cornell Lab’s ShorebirdViz.
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Hello Charlotte County visitors and residents! Our local Audubon chapter is a cordial way to get to know kindred, avian spirited associates. We help each other enhance bird identification skills, Florida wildlife habitat and environmental knowledge. Membership can be a boundless path to pursue conservation as a boots on the ground volunteer or policy advocate.
The Peace River Audubon Society Board has decided to continue using virtual monthly board meetings with zoom until January which can help eliminate travel time and encourage more snowbirds to participate from wherever they may be at the time. Field Trips and Walkabouts have resumed following Covid outdoor recreational social distancing recommendations. Regular member monthly meetings with educational speakers are scheduled through zoom until January. Hopefully, pandemic conditions will allow safer in-person indoor gatherings by then. We are looking forward to getting back to normal for the 2022 year! We have secured the First Alliance Church as a general meeting place for our monthly meetings.
We invite anyone visiting our website to join our exciting field trips and interesting virtual speaker meetings. There are a lot of opportunities to get involved by joining one of our various chapter committees or our annual Christmas Bird Count. Please consider becoming a regular member or consider signing up as a potential board member. You can attend a board meeting as a visitor to sit in on a meeting and see what it’s like and who we are. 2021-22 should be fun and exciting for Peace River Audubon Society!
Looking forward to seeing you in person,
Bren Curtis, Conservation Chair Co-President, Peace River Audubon Society
Mike Krzyzkowski MD Co-President, Peace River Audubon Society mikekrzyz007@gmail.com
Popash Creek Preserve Field Trip Cancelled for Saturday, 11-20-2021.
Due to flooding we are sorry to report the Popash Creek Preserve Field Trip is cancelled.
Replacing the Popash Creek Preserve Field on Saturday, 11-20-2021, is a Walkabout at Ollie’s Pond at 8:00am. Ollie’s Pond is a great spot for birding and walking. The Black-bellied Whistling Duck and the elusive Purple Gallinule are special birds to be seen there. Usually, some interesting waders and ducks are around. The palm, yellow rump and pine warblers with other song birds hang out in the trees. It is always fun to look for an unexpected feathery visitor. Last year Great-horned owls nested and the Great Blue Herons nested high on the Slash Pines.
The leisurely path around the pond is about one mile.
The address is 18235 Avon Ave, Port Charlotte, FL 33948
The parking lot for the park is at the corner of Avon and Gobron, near the corner of Edgewater and Collingwood.
Everyone is welcome to attend all Peace River Audubon Society Walkabouts.
For information contact Rob Mills at 305-607-6548
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