HALIFAX RIVER AUDUBON
A Florida Chapter of the National Audubon Society
Serving greater Daytona Beach area
Founded 1923

 

Mid-Winter Shorebird Survey:  February 3-5, 2012.  Contact David Hartgrove, 386-788-2630, for assignment to a team. 
Download survey materials at http://www.flshorebirdalliance.org/field_notes-pages/winter_survey_2012.html . 

GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT:  February 17-20, 2012.  Help scientists create a snapshot of where birds are located throughout the country.  It's free, easy and fun.  See details at  http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/

January 1, 2012...  Field trips to Merritt Island NWR provided excellent views of wintering waterfowl, raptors, songbirds of the marshes and a great variety of wading and shorebirds.  The water was apparently teeming with food in the photo above.  Dozens of Roseate Spoonbills and White Ibis joined Great and Reddish Egrets as well as Tri-colored and Great Blue Herons in a feeding frenzy on Black Point Wildlife Drive.  John Roessler captured this shot on our December 17 trip.  HRA will visit MINWR again on Friday and Saturday, January 13 and 14.  Click on the Field Trips link above for details about the trips.