Audubon Florida News

Lake Okeechobee.
Audubon Florida Supports New Lake Okeechobee Water Management Plan - With Modifications
July 20, 2021 — The new schedule for Lake Okeechobee water management is especially important as new Everglades restoration projects come on line.
Banded Eagle. Photo: Nancy Barnhart.
Banded Eagle Spotted Hundreds of Miles from Nest Site
July 15, 2021 — Community scientists report banded bird in Virginia.
Florida Bay Spoonbill Spotted in Boynton Beach
July 13, 2021 — "George" was banded in Florida Bay in January 2021.
State of the Slough infographic
State of the Slough Spring 2021
July 13, 2021 — As published in State of the Everglades.
American Flamingo
Tracking Technology Illuminates American Flamingo Behavior
July 13, 2021 — Audubon’s Lorenz Co-authors Manuscript.
Roseate Spoonbill on its nest, photo taken by the trail camera.
Audubon Uses Satellites and Cameras to Unlock the Ecology of Florida Bay’s Spoonbills
July 13, 2021 — Audubon Florida’s Everglades Science Center (ESC) has been studying Roseate Spoonbills since 1939.
Morning mist rises on a Florida farm. Photo: sumozmom/Pixabay.
The Growing Climate Solutions Act will Help Farmers and the Environment
July 12, 2021 — Kate Herrin reflects on how GCSA will impact her Florida Panhandle community.
birds flying
Audubon Celebrates Early Restoration Phase for Picayune Strand Urged by Big Cypress Basin
July 09, 2021 — Last Friday, the Faka-Union pump station was turned on several years ahead of schedule allowing for over 2,000 acres of parched wetlands to be brought back to life.
Two chicks survived Hurricane Elsa in Clearwater.
Early Season Timing of Hurricane Elsa Wreaks Havoc on Sea and Shorebird Babies
July 09, 2021 — Storm surge flooded nesting sites with eggs and young chicks across the Gulf Coast
Black Skimmers regroup after Hurricane Elsa.
Hurricane Elsa Impacts on Gulf Coast Beach-Nesting Birds
July 09, 2021 — A summary.