Pelican Island Audubon Society
To preserve and protect the animals, plants, and natural communities, and the land and water on which they depend in Indian River County through education, advocacy, and public awareness.
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.September 2021 Our Earth is undergoing its “Sixth Extinction,” as is Elizabeth Kolbert’s 2014 book title that alerts us to the rapid loss of biodiversity. Nearly 30,000 terrestrial vertebrate species with populations numbering fewer than…
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Read the September 2021 Peligram.
Sign up for an Egret Marsh Beginner Birding Walk.
You know how people say, “I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news”? Well, this is like that except the good news is bad too. We need healthy seagrass — the kind that’s still alive, that is.
Please help us monitor wild bird populations in Florida. If you notice dead birds, simply let the FWC know by filling out this simple form.
News articles and photos documenting the potentially harmful algae at the Oslo Boat Ramp.
Ospreys 2021 - The Revival of a Global Raptor with Alan Poole, Ph.D., Associate of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, recorded on Zoom for the May 17, 2021 Pelican Island Audubon Society general meeting. https://youtu.be/eQOC3FZTCMo
A wary and alert Wilson’s Snipe blends in amongst the plants © Andrew Liu 3/16/2021 Green Cay Wetlands Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata by Juanita N. Baker, Ph.D. Wilson’s Snipe are so elusive that many practical jokes…
Pairing Up! Blue-winged Teal by Richard H. Baker, Ph.D. March 16, 2021, at Green Cay Nature Center & Wetlands Exquisite! by Juanita N. Baker, Ph.D. Look how this male, with his characteristic white facial crescent identifying him as a Blue-winged…
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.May 2021 Our grass turf lawns are causing Florida and the world a lot of trouble. In the U.S.: 64% of drinking water goes to irrigation (88% in summer)800 million gals. of gas and…