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Articles by Audubon Staff

Mourning Dove with chick. Photo: Douglas Croft/Audubon Photography Awards.
Watching Mourning Doves Becomes a Family Experience
May 26, 2021 — Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries Manager Mark Rachal watches a nest of Mourning Doves with his family.
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Least Tern and chick. Photo: Robert Cook/Audubon Photography Awards.
Give Birds Space this Memorial Weekend and Save the Original Beach Babies
May 24, 2021 — Least Terns, Black Skimmers, Wilson’s Plovers, Snowy Plovers, and American Oystercatchers nest on Florida coasts.
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Black Skimmers. Photo: Vera Sprunt/Audubon Photography Awards.
St. Pete Bookstore Inspired by Nesting Black Skimmers
May 23, 2021 — Black Skimmers inspire Tombolo Books.
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Lake Brooklyn. Photo: SJRWMD
St. Johns River Water Management District Adopts New Minimum Flows and Water Levels
May 14, 2021 — Northeast Florida Policy Associate Chris Farrell explains how the new levels will impact Lake Brooklyn and Lake Geneva.
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David Fitzpatrick releases a fledgling Bald Eagle. Photo: Katie Houvener.
A Look into Baby Season at Audubon Center for Birds of Prey
May 12, 2021 — Audubon Center Director Katie Warner sits down with David Fitzpatrick, Seasonal Raptor Care Assistant, to hear about his experience with baby season in the Center’s Raptor Trauma Clinic. Each year the Center hires seasonal staff to provide extra support during this busy time of year.
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Black Skimmers in flight. Photo: Jean Hall.
Reflecting on the 2020 Nesting Season as the 2021 Chicks and Fledglings Appear
April 26, 2021 — The 2020 season gave us both reason to hope and concerning developments for Florida’s sea and shorebirds.
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Great egret
Fifteen Jurisdictions in Southwest Florida Join the Regional Resiliency Compact
April 15, 2021 — Regional collaboratives are instrumental in both accelerating the state’s resilience work and serving as a conduit for future funds and programs
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Juvenile Bald Eagle at the Center for Birds of Prey.
Baby Season for Bald Eagles has Arrived
April 15, 2021 — Audubon Center for Birds of Prey sees double the usual number of juvenile Bald Eagles for this time of year.
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Gray kingbird
Memories from the 2020 Audubon Florida Birdathon
April 14, 2021 — We birded from home, and that didn't stop us from counting 121 species.
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Wood Stork chicks. Photo: Lorraine Minns/Audubon Photography Awards.
Nesting Season Means Busy Bird Parents Feeding Voracious Chicks
April 10, 2021 — Different bird species have different feeding habits, but all depend on healthy ecosystems.
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