Clearwater Audubon Society's Upcoming Events.Monday, 3/2, 7:30 pm, Clearwater Audubon Monthly Meeting, Moccasin Lake Nature Park 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater, Contact: 727-462-6024. Guest Speaker: Barbara Walker, Topic: Bald Eagles in Pinellas County. For over 15 years, many volunteers have participated in Audubon of Florida's Eagle Watch program and observed eagles throughout their recovery and process of removing them from the list of endangered birds. Come and learn about Champion Eagle Bander Charles Broley and how the numbers of bald eagles around Tampa Bay and Merritt Island have been thought to be possibly the densest breeding concentration of a large raptor known in the world. We will discuss the current status of bald eagles in Pinellas County and how our population of birds compares to state numbers from 2008. We will provide a current status of the eagle boom in Pinellas County as well. Bald eagles are a species of great conservation need, so please join us and learn how you can help.
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Saturday, 3/7, 8 am - Moccasin Lake Nature Park 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater. Contact: Lynn Sumerson, 727-596-8822. Meet Clearwater Audubon at the park to look for songbirds and raptors in oak & xeric hammock as well as water birds in two lakes. ¾ mile trail. This is a wonderful walk for beginning and advanced birders alike..Cost: 3-12 years $1.85, 13 years and up $3.50. Bring your binoculars if you have them!
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Saturday, 3/14, 6 am - Birdwatching trip to Babcock-Webb Prairie. Contact: Paul Trunk, 727-447-4785. Meet at Coachman Fundamental Middle School parking lot. Clearwater Audubon will be sponsoring this special day-long trip. Target species will be resident and migrant warblers, bluebirds, peregrine falcons, bald eagles, wood storks, Bachman’s sparrows, burrowing owls, brown-headed nuthatches, red-cockaded woodpeckers and a variety of other species in this amazing pine flatwood forest. Bring your binoculars and spotting scopes for this great trip!
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