The St.
Petersburg Audubon Society
WingSpan
Celebrating 100 Years of Conservation
1909 - 2009
Calendar of Events -
November 2008 +
Nov. 1-2 - Art Arbor Festival at Boyd Hill Nature Park, 1101
Country Club Way S., St. Pete. Environmental displays, tours,
and programs. Visit www.stpete.org/boyd for more information.
Call Wanda Dean to volunteer, 321-3995.
Nov. 8 - Target Birding - “Brown-headed Nuthatch” -
J. B. Starkey Wilderness Park (W/18/72) -
Meet 8 a.m. at information kiosk inside park. A leisurely walk
along a paved trail. Starkey Wilderness is the home of our
target species, the Brown-headed Nuthatch. Plan, too, for
Eastern Bluebirds, woodpeckers, vireos, warblers, and birds of
prey. Leader: Ron Smith. Contact: Judi Hopkins, 526-3725.
Nov. 28 - 30 - Birding excursion - Wakulla County and
St. Marks (P/24) - There is limited availability for this 3-day
panhandle adventure to St. Mark’s NWR, Alligator Point,
and Bald Point State Park. Birds of interest include many
species of ducks, shorebirds, loons, sparrows, wrens, and
owls. This excursion will start at 1:00 p.m. sharp at a new
and beautiful “green hotel” in Crawfordville on Fri. the 28th,
and ends at noon on Sun. the 30th. Leader: Ron Smith.
Contact: Judi Hopkins, 526-3725, for hotel reservation info.
Driving time from St. Pete is 5 hours.
Dec. 6 - Birding Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (W/22/92) -
Meet 8 a.m. in Nature Center parking lot. With a bird list
approaching 210 species, Boyd Hill NP is St. Pete.’s jewel
of a park where anything might turn up. Leader: Ron Smith.
Contact: Judi Hopkins, 526-3725.
Jim McGinity will describe the recent sightings of
Swallow-tailed Kites
in and around
Brooker Creek
Preserve, and
discuss the distinct
possibility that kites
are nesting in or
near the Preserve!
November 2008
“ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
OF SWALLOW-TAILED KITES AND
SHORT-TAILED HAWKS”
Gina Zimmerman, Research Ecologist and
Coordinator,
Avian Research and Conservation Institute
Jim McGinity, Environmental Educator,
Brooker Creek Preserve
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
7:00 p.m. at the SCIENCE CENTER
7701 - 22nd Ave. N., St. Petersburg, FL, 727-384-0027
Gina Zimmerman and the Avian Research and Conservation
Institute (ARCI) conduct field research in Florida, Georgia,
Mexico, Belize, and Brazil on the year-round biology of the
Swallow-tailed Kite and critical threats to this vulnerable
species. Satellite and VHF radio telemetry
data help reveal Kite ecology and their
little known 10,000-mile round-trip annual
migration. Here in the southeastern U.S.,
ARCI partners with industrial and private
landowners to develop effective
management recommendations for
timberlands harboring most of the
remaining kites nesting in the U.S. Gina
will describe the Swallow-tailed Kite's
intriguing social behavior, including their very large, pre-
migration communal roosts, and efforts to develop
management activities and a long-term monitoring and
conservation plan for Swallow-tailed Kites.
With no more than 200 breeding
pairs, the U.S. population of the
Short-tailed Hawk, limited entirely to
Florida, is extremely vulnerable.
Locally, Short-tailed Hawks are
known to nest at Sawgrass Lake
park. Gina will discuss their ecology
and habitat needs, their seasonal
movements, and escalating
challenges to their well-being.
 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
by Mauri Peterson, SPAS President

The Centennial Planning Committee met this week to review our plans for the upcoming
year. Judi Hopkins is working with caterers for our banquet, and she will be looking for
volunteers to help with invitations and reservations. Guest speakers will be Charles Lee, Director of Advocacy, Audubon
of Florida (confirmed) and John Flicker, President of National Audubon Society (invited). Many other state and local
dignitaries will be invited, so save the date of April 18, 2009 on your calendar; you won’t want to miss this event!
Wanda and Alice are meeting with Dr. George Banez, Executive Director of the St. Petersburg History Museum,
to design a display for the museum. Lee will help with that plus use the materials & photos collected to create a
“traveling” display for our Special Events display board. If you have old photos of SPAS people or events we would love
to have a copy.
Ideas discussed also included creating a Powerpoint program, booklet or CD of our history, and presenting a photo
exhibit for later in the year. Lee also designed a beautiful lapel pin (see heading). Watch your mailbox in the next
month to see how you can acquire one of these pins for your very own. Rumor has it that the 2009 Audubon Assembly
will be held in the St. Petersburg area in honor of our 100 year celebration.
As you can see, we will be busier than normal this coming season. Please consider volunteering. Contact me or
any of the above mentioned people if you would like to help, have photos to donate or suggestions for our celebrations.
We’d love to hear from you!

Pinellas Birds by Ron Smith ©LeeSnyder 2008

A very good birder once told me, “If you know your common birds inside and out, the rare birds will pop out at
you!” There’s an awful lot of sense to that statement.
I’ve tried to make it a policy, you might say, of doing just that as each new season arrives. I’m sure I’ll run out
of seasons before I run out of birds to ponder, but I can speed up the process by eliminating the easiest of the easy.
An adult Wild Turkey comes to mind.
This November/December we will, as we always do in Pinellas, be inundated with Yellow-rumped Warblers.
The approach is always the same. Pull up to a park somewhere, crawl out of the car, shut the door, and a flock of
chipping Yellow-rumps greet us as they feed on the wax myrtle berries from the bushes lining the parking lot. Get to
know that chip. Really get to know it. In a way that when you’re with a group of talkative birders, you’ll immediately
recognize over their talking the “different” chip you hear coming from the flock of birds.
Or, the next time you come across a flock of typical winter-time passerines learn the underside belly pattern
and the under-tail coverts of a Yellow-rumped Warbler intimately. In this way, when everyone is glassing their way
through the mixed flock of chickadees, titmice, kinglets, and warblers, you’ll more easily recognize the “not a Yellow-
rumped Warbler, but another species of warbler” within the flock. Sometimes the underside of a bird is all you’ll get,
but you know it’s different and you stay with it while the rest of your birding friends are looking at the common birds.
Suddenly, it’ll hit you, “Hey, I’ve got a Black-throated Green here!”

Counting the Days to the Christmas Bird Count!

With cooler fall weather just around the corner, our eyes turn to migrating warblers and shorebirds.
In two short months the 109th Audubon Christmas Bird Count will be held on December 20th,
2008. Last year’s count, our 71st consecutive St. Petersburg CBC, had a record 72 participants
and a national CBC record of 191 Eastern Screech Owls in our count circle. We also achieved
totals for nocturnal species that have been unheard of in recent years because everyone “bought
into” the screech-owl count. Please join us this year and help gather important scientific data while
striving to break our previous CBC record of 162 species! Each year rare or unusual birds are
found during the CBC; perhaps you’ll be the one to see the Wilson’s Warbler or Yellow-throated
Vireo this year. To volunteer, please call Don Margeson at 727-527-0227 ext.# 253, or send
e-mail to donatdonlo@aol.com.
 CONSERVATION NEWS
by Dave Kandz and Mark Mueller
The St. Petersburg Audubon Society (SPAS) strongly opposes any expansion of offshore drilling leases.
The following is a condensed version of a letter sent to US senators and representatives on September 11, 2008:

Oil and natural gas drilling presents a direct risk of both large and small scale oil spills in addition to the toxic chemicals
that are regularly discharged when establishing new drill sites. The risk of catastrophic events is substantial, considering the high
vulnerability of offshore rigs to damage or destruction from hurricanes--109 oil platforms and 5 drilling rigs were destroyed by
Katrina and Rita alone. Increased distance from shore is no guarantee of protection since ocean currents are known to carry
pollution long distances.
The consequences of offshore drilling could be felt locally here in Pinellas County. Our nationally recognized beaches
and coastal preserves, such as Ft. DeSoto and Caladesi Island, are famous for their natural beauty and ecological integrity and
draw casual beach tourists and dedicated birders from around the world. The possibility of tar balls washing up on these beaches
jeopardizes those tourist dollars. The potential impacts to marine and coastal wildlife are of serious concern. Over the past few
years, the SPAS has helped organize a multi-county citizen scientist conservation effort to survey and protect rare and threatened
beach-nesting birds. This program is a model for effective, collaborative wildlife conservation. Unfortunately, early results
indicate a decline in abundance for many shorebird species which have lost historic beach habitat to development. Any increased
risks to remaining beach habitat—such as from offshore drilling—would accelerate this problem and further jeopardize these at-
risk species.
Because our current transportation infrastructure is so dependent on oil, American consumers are truly feeling the impact
of high gas prices and it is natural to look for easy solutions. However, we must rationally consider the facts. Increased drilling
can do very little to bring down the price of gas and only extends our addiction to oil. The United States has only about 3% of the
world’s oil reserves but we consume 25% of world supply, so it is clear that we cannot drill our way to energy independence.
Fortunately, there are better ways to address our energy crisis. In the short term, drivers can drive less and drive smarter
by keeping vehicles properly maintained, combining trips, reducing speeds, and using transportation alternatives. These sorts of
steps are already being taken nationwide, and are reducing overall demand and thus prices. Over the long term, government must
help address the underlying causes. Potential steps include providing further incentives for production and purchase of more fuel-
efficient vehicles and faster development of new technologies such as plug-in hybrids. Those plug-in hybrids need to connect to
a much cleaner grid of electricity produced from renewable energy sources like wind, solar and geothermal. Government can
facilitate increased production of renewables by shifting subsidies away from oil, gas and coal. These steps need to be coupled
with smarter city and transportation planning that reduces the need for driving in the first place.
Instead of ineffective patches like expanded offshore drilling which do not address the underlying problems, the SPAS
urges the pursuit of real, long-term solutions that will end our dangerous dependence on oil once and for all.

Local Legislative Update: By Dave Kandz

Vote YES! on the Pinellas Charter Amendment and Constitutional Amendment 4!
COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENT - NEW SECTION 2.08
Shall the Pinellas County Charter be amended to designate certain County-owned lands as
environmental lands, and to require approval by a majority vote of the electors to remove the
environmental lands designation, or to convey any fee simple interest in designated County-owned
environmental lands, or to lease or license any interest in designated County-owned environmental
lands for a period longer than ten years?
The language above is the culmination of years of effort by unpaid volunteers, county staff, activists and your elected
Commissioners. It is crucial to the future of our remaining wild places! The amendment will take a huge step forward by placing
control of environmental lands into YOUR hands, insulating their future from the fickleness of politics. So, skip to the end of the
ballot and vote the last item first! Vote “YES” to preserve the future of our lands.
Then don’t overlook Constitutional Amendment 4, which provides a powerful incentive for landowners to place land with water
and wildlife attributes into protected status. Audubon, along with other conservation groups, worked with sponsor Brian Yablonski
to craft the proposal, and advocated the amendment before the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission.
St. Petersburg Audubon Society supports passage of both the County Charter Amendment and Constitutional
Amendment 4.
 “CONSERVATION CELEBRATION” – DECEMBER 10, 2008
By Jeanne Murphy

CONSERVATION CELEBRATION with Pinellas County
Native Plant and St. Petersburg Audubon Societies will be
held on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, from 6:30 p.m. –
9:30 p.m. at the Pinellas County Extension in Largo. This
promises to be a fun filled evening with a silent auction,
environmental information from local groups, wonderful
holiday food, and the innovative and talented speaker, James
Valentine of Quest Foundation.
PROGRAM: During Mr. Valentine’s production “Florida -
Magnificent Wilderness,” we will see the unspoiled beauty
that still remains in the back country, trails, natural areas, and
parks of the Sunshine State. The presentation images depict
a sustainable Florida with the dynamic interaction of open
space, wildlife, and wilderness. These environmental images
will forever change how you see the state; you will leave with
a heightened awareness that what we see is irreplaceable and
cannot be taken for granted. Our evening will be enhanced by
the quadraphonic-sound orchestrated performance while
heightening our awareness and desire for celebrating the
preservation of Florida’s wilderness and wildlife.
REFRESHMENTS: Please bring some appetizers or finger
foods to share – makes for a delicious assortment. Your
SPAS Board will supply desserts.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Successful events are easy with a
little help from a lot of people. Can you help with setup from
4:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m. (room, auction or refreshment set-ups) or
cleanup at 9:30 p.m.? We need a lot of hands for both efforts.
Please contact Barb at 343-1272 or
b_howard2001@msn.com.
AUCTION ITEMS: Silent auction items are needed. Gift
items, gift certificates, services -- be creative. Weeding,
handyman, technical help, “cookie of the month,” drive
someone to the airport…you’re sure to have a skill someone
could “purchase.” With all donations, we need a donation
record form that includes your contact information, a brief
description of your donated item and its value. Hardcopy
donation forms are available on our website and at our
monthly meetings. Electronic auction donation forms are
available by e-mailing Jeanne a request at
jmurphy@sensingnature.com. All donations and their forms
are due by November 28th. You are encouraged to bring your
auction items to the general meeting on November 18th, or call
Barb at 343-1272 to make an arrangement for item drop-off at
a location in Seminole or Gulfport. Unfortunately, it is too
difficult to accept items the day of the event, so please plan
ahead to help us have a successful Conservation Celebration.

Notes From Your Birding Field Trip Coordinator

Judi Hopkins
Time and space are running short for you to make reservations for the field trip to Wakulla County and St. Marks
NWR, Nov. 28 - 30th. Birding in this part of Florida is very diverse and never dull, especially at this time of year! As our field trip listing
states, we will have the opportunity to see ducks, shorebirds, loons, sparrows, wrens, and owls. You never know what will show up in the
panhandle. Call or e-mail me with the number of people in your group so I can give you the information for motel reservations and last minute
details--Judi Hopkins 727-526-3725 or focus997@verizon.net .
Hopefully, everyone is working on getting their "team" together for the Rich Paul New Year's Day Birding Open on Jan. 1. Mauri is going
to cook lunch for us, and all we have to do is bring a dessert to share. I will let you know when you contact me how much to prepare. What
a great way to start the new year, and still get home in time for TV viewing!
Our January 3rd trip to Zellwood is drawing quite a bit of attention all over the state. If you are planning to go on this trip, please contact
me soon so I can save you a space. I will then give you the directions to the area we are to meet.

IT’S GREAT TO BE GREEN by Barb Howard

Would you like to take a simple step to help reduce your ecological footprint? Have you considered receiving your statements, bills, and
newsletters electronically? If you have accounts that send annual reports the size of a small tree, you can request to receive them electronically.
Most of the companies we deal with every day have paperless options for their customers. Many companies have instituted paperless offices
and we need to bring that practice into our homes. In the U.S. each year we cut down 1.7 billion trees, which amounts to 5 trees per person
per year!!!!! That is the equivalent of building a 12 foot high wall of paper that reaches from New York to Los Angeles each year. Almost
all of that paper can be recycled, but the majority of it isn’t.
Let’s start with an easy one. You can sign up to receive the St. Pete Audubon Wingspan newsletter via e-mail rather than hard copy. St. Pete
Audubon spends over $6000 sending out over 1100 newsletters eight times a year! The on-line version has color pictures and is easily readable.
You can print it at home on your own recycled paper if you need to have a hard copy, otherwise make a file on your computer to save your
newsletters without creating more clutter in your home. Contact JoAnne Wilson to receive your Wingspan electronically at
JoAWilson@msn.com
 2008 St. Petersburg City Beautiful Environmental Award
Coffee Pot Bayou Bird Island
Reported by Lorraine Margeson

By now you all know the story of Coffee Pot Bayou Bird Island, the long
fight that took place to designate the island as a preserve, AND the purchase
of the island by a wonderful benefactor (Bird Island, LLC) to keep the island
from being developed prior to the preserve designation actually being put in
place by the City of St. Petersburg.
But many of you don't know who started the quest to raise awareness of this
island's nesting potential, and who made the first effort to preserve this
precious nesting habitat, way before Don and I got involved. That person was
our own Dr. Harold Albers, longtime board member of SPAS and a member of Audubon of Florida, who was also my vet for 12
years--BTW!!
It was he who first pursued the option of having the island being donated to Audubon by the owners at that time, the Holland
family.......Dr. Albers also made the first stab at getting St. Pete to recognize the significance of this nesting oasis right in the
middle of highly urbanized St. Petersburg via a preserve designation. Unfortunately, at that time neither of these pursuits came
to fruition, not through any fault of Dr. Albers, mind you, but there seemed to be a general lack of understanding at that time of
the importance of this place.
That's where I came into the picture.......and the rest of the story is well known to you. Coffee Pot Bayou Bird Island is
preserved in perpetuity through both the generous efforts of our anonymous buyer, who understands the importance of this place,
AND by the preserve designation now in place under St. Pete zoning and codes. This October 2008, the St. Pete City Beautiful
Commission awarded us all an environmental award in recognition of this effort. I know full well that without Dr. Albers' initial
discovery and activism we would not be able to celebrate this environmental victory today! I've been often disturbed that this man
was not receiving the proper recognition for his efforts, but the day has finally come. I urge all of you, our SPAS members, to
remember to thank Dr. Albers the next time you see him...he is truly one in a million, and your most precious member in my mind.
Grant to Support St. Petersburg Audubon and Eckerd College Partnership to
Protect Beach Nesting Bird Habitats
in Lower Tampa Bay Area Awarded!
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
One of 41 newly-announced TogetherGreen national
innovation grants will enable volunteers from the St. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Petersburg and Clearwater Audubon Societies as well as Eckerd College, a local
liberal arts college, to work together enlightening people of the risks of disturbing INTRODUCTORY MEMBERSHIP
beach nesting bird colonies during the summer nesting season. $20.00 (New membership only)
The Together Green Audubon grant is part of the first $1.4 million awarded by 9 Please enroll me as a member in the National
the TogetherGreen initiative, a national Audubon project with funding from Audubon Society. Start my subscription to
Toyota. Grantees were selected from scores of applicants across America. Funds AUDUBON magazine & send my membership card.
were awarded to Audubon organizations that demonstrated exceptional innovation 9 I do not wish to receive AUDUBON magazine.
in working with other groups on projects that will produce tangible benefits for 9 I wish to receive the WINGSPAN electronically.
environmental quality. The $9,000 one-year grant will fund a program to be put into
motion in 2009 during times of peak beach usage. Name___________________________________
"Beach-nesting birds require safe beaches to raise their young, and these at-risk Address_________________________________
birds are listed on the State of Florida's imperiled species list or Audubon's watch
list. Birds often lose their eggs or chicks and abandon their colonies during busy City ________________State_____ Zip_______
weekends when pressure from beach-goers is most intense," said Dave Kandz, Phone ____________________ E06 7XCH
Conservation Chair of the St. Petersburg Audubon Society. The birds at risk include
American Oystercatchers, Black Skimmers, Least Terns, Snowy Plovers and E-mail address_______________________
Wilson's Plovers.
The TogetherGreen funded "monitoring and outreach" program will focus on Please enclose a check, payable to the National
protecting the vulnerable open-beach and dune habitats in the densely populated Audubon Society, and mail to:
St. Petersburg Audubon Society
Tampa Bay area. Audubon coordinators will supervise interns and experienced
Post Office Box 49087
Audubon members will act as mentors, teaching them to alert the public to the St. Petersburg, FL 33743-9087
importance of vital bird habitat.
"This partnership is a wonderful opportunity to efficiently educate the public on 9 National Audubon occasionally makes its
membership list available to carefully selected
the best ways for people to share and also protect an important habitat for
organizations whose mailings you may find
endangered sea birds in the lower Tampa Bay Area. We're happy to be able to interesting. To have your name omitted from this
provide help to make it happen," said TogetherGreen Project Manager Judy Braus. list, please check here.
 Join Audubon's Florida Climate Action
Network! By Mark Mueller
Audubon has teamed up with the Alliance for
Climate Protection to promote the campaign:
“We Can Solve the Climate Crisis.” The goal of
this network is to give concerned members like
you opportunities to act in favor of urgently needed solutions to the climate crisis. We have the solutions. What we need
is a groundswell of support to implement them. To participate, join Audubon's electronic Climate Action Network by
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The St. Petersburg Audubon Society NON-PROFIT ORG.

P.O. Box 49087 St. Petersburg, FL 33743-9087 US POSTAGE
www.stpeteaudubon.org 727-384-0027
Chapter Representatives
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St Petersburg, FL
President: Mauri Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398-4124
Vice President: Maureen Arnold (Membership) . . . . . . 577-0448
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Treasurer: Rick Potter (Ways & Means) . . . . . . . . . . . . 822-9637
Secretary: Nancy Ogden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894-5940
Board Members and Duties:
Harold Albers (Education) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864-1113
Mary Brazier (Finance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867-7151
Wanda Dean (Newsletter & Special Events) . . . . . . . . 321-3995
Judi Hopkins (Field Trips) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526-3725
Barb Howard (Programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343-1272
Dave Kandz (Conservation & Publicity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471-0699
Mark Mueller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686-3179
Jeanne Murphy (Programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391-8362
Lee Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865-2293
Alice Tenney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894-2062

Neighborhood Outreach: Barb Zias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521-4997

Least Tern Project: Monique Borboen-Abrams . . . (904)813-5115
Shell Key: Barb Ranck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374-7039

John Chestnut Park Field Trip “Terns, Terns, Terns” Field Trip Report by Tom Bell
Report by John Uhlmann (See our web site for report in entirety)
On Saturday afternoon, October 4th, 4 p.m., 17 Audubon members
Seventeen participants were led by gathered with field trip coordinator, Judi Hopkins, and trip leader, Ron
Ron Smith to four hours of early Smith, at the flagpole at Fort DeSoto CP. We concentrated on the
morning birding at JCP near Oldsmar North Beach area and enjoyed the 35 species.
on the east side of Lake Tarpon. The Ron told us to keep our eyes peeled for banded birds as one of the
weather was beautiful, in the high 60's Piping Plovers found recently at the park had been banded in
at the beginning and in the upper 70's Saskatchuan, Canada, in 2005, and another in Alberta, Canada. He
by noon, with little wind. said, too, that a Red Knot found this past September had been banded
at Delaware Bay in 1997.
The habitat was mostly oak, pine, boardwalks over wet habitat, There were Sanderlings, Willets, Least Sandpipers, Ruddy
and a few shore overlooks. Thanks to the sharp eyes, excellent Turnstones, and some Short-billed Dowitchers, too. Ron instructed us
ears and identification skills of Ron and others, we identified 45 to concentrate on the plovers. "There’s one larger plover over there,
species of mostly migratory birds. The highlights included two the Black-bellied," he said. "Some are still in summer plumage with
species of thrushes and eight species of warblers with some that dark belly, but others are juveniles and non-breeding plumaged
really excellent looks at Yellow- adults that have lost their dark bellies. Watch for the black ‘armpit’
throated, Pine, and Black and White.
when they fly." Then our focus turned to the four small plovers, all
about the same size. The one with the big black bill was a Wilson’s.
We had a pleasant picnic lunch in the
No mistaking him.
park. The lunch stragglers got to
All of a sudden the flock of 300+ Black Skimmers rose in a panic.
experience the late arrival of a juvenile
Broad-winged Hawk that patiently let The culprit came into view, a Merlin! It flew overhead, then settled
us look him/her over before gliding down quickly. Ron changed our agenda to the terns. The large ones
away. with the orange bills were easy to identify, Royal Terns. The
Sandwich, Common, and Forster’s terns, however, were all about the
same size. We were also lucky enough to see a few Red Knots.
Thanks to Judi and to Ron and his considerable expertise for
giving us so much useful information about so many of our avian
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 Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Pinellas County Extension, 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo
Free admission ~ Public invited!

Featured Program:
James Valentine
Author and world-renowned environmental photographer and President of
Quest Foundation & Arts.... an organization that supports nature preservation
and environmental education through the arts and sciences.

Valentine's camera, "A Carrier of the Light,” is used to create archival photographic
art that reflects the creations of nature and culture. He has devoted his life work for the
stewardship of wilderness, wildlife and the understanding of sustainable living.

Annual Joint Meeting and Sponsors

6:30- 8:00 p.m.: Mix & Mingle – Refreshments – Environmental Exhibits

Silent Auction of books, plants, craft and holiday gift items

7:00- 8:00 p.m.: James Valentine, Book purchase and signing

8:00- 8:30 p.m.: Welcome – Announcements – Awards

8:30- 9:30 p.m.: “A Carrier of the Light” James Valentine

9:30 p.m.: Claim Auction Items & Door Prizes

For information call the Pinellas FNPS Info Line 727-544-7341 or visit:
www.pinellasnativeplants.org www.stpeteaudubon.org
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Pinellas Chapter Florida Native Plant Society

April 4, 2009 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Wilcox Nursery & Florist

12501 Indian Rocks Road
Largo, Fl 33774

Informational programs throughout the sale

to ensure you are planting the right plant in the right place