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Field Trip – Fort DeSoto
April 13, 2019 @ 8:30 am - 2:00 pm
Who: Birders and park enthusiasts
Where: Fort Desoto, St. Petersburg, FL
Time: 8:30 AM – 2 PM at Fort Desoto (bring brown bag lunch, snacks, beverages)
Meetup: 6:00 AM at the Winn Dixie parking lot at 19 and 44 behind CVS … the trip to Fort Desoto is about 2 hours and 20 minutes. (Carpooling may be arranged at meeetup) –Or– Meet at Fort Desoto at the Flagpole just after you enter the park. Fort Desoto Address: 3500 Pinellas Byway St Petersburg, Florida
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David Goodwin is a founding and 2-time president of the Florida Ornithological Society and was the Regional Coordinator of the Florida Breeding Atlas Project. David has led hundreds of field trips for Audubon Chapters and the Florida Ornithological Society. He has traveled extensively throughout the US, the Caribbean, and Europe. He currently is an environmental instructor at the Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St Pete.
April equals Spring Migration so we will be having a birding day with David Goodwin. The park is well known to be a hot spot for rarities and for the surprise fallouts of all sorts of feathered friends. Fort DeSoto is one of the first pieces of land migratory birds arrive at when flying over the Gulf of Mexico into Florida.
Species that we are in hopes of seeing warblers, flycatchers, vireos, tanagers, thrushes orioles. Last year we saw Kentucky Warblers, Brown Thrushes, Mango Cuckoo, Eastern Pee Wee, Tennessee Warbler just to name a few, and there were sightings of Blue-Winged Warbler and a Gold Winged Warbler.
There will be plenty of shorebirds and nesting Opsrey’s and maybe a Great-Horned Owl.
Again, carpooling may be available if needed…
Cost Details
Cost: $5 parking fee at the Fort DeSoto gate. There is also a $5 per person fee for the guide.
Suggested donation amounts of $10/members or $15/non-members above costs such as entry or guide fees, included lunches, or “rides” etc. are included in the payment options below so you can conveniently include them on your pre-registration credit card payment. Children are usually free.
Pre-registration is required.
Rather pay by check or cash, please pre-register here, and mail your check made payable to OVAS to PO Box 268, Eustis, FL 32727 or bring cash to the next OVAS event …
Registrations are closed for this event
Also, please remember to bring cash in case you carpool.
Trip Leader: Stacey Kelly s.heinemann2019@gmail.com (352) 408-2901
Fort Desoto Address: 3500 Pinellas Byway St Petersburg, Florida