Pelican Island Audubon Society
Serving Indian River County since 1964
Author: pelicanislandaudubon
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Let’s work together to help solve a major problem in our Lagoon
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.April 2016 If last week’s photos of tens of thousands, perhaps more, dead fish belonging to 30 species in the Indian River Lagoon, doesn’t make you sick and move you to want to do something to save our Lagoon, probably nothing will. Scientists think that nighttime respiration by the…
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Keep Indian River Beautiful gives PIAS its Environmental Organization Award
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.March 2016 PIAS and our Audubon House received two awards within a year. First the Indian River Chamber of Commerce for our architectural “Birdhouse” design by Richard Bialosky, Jeff Ray, and Amy Thoma gave the first award to us, services gratefully provided pro bono. Now Keep Indian River Beautiful…
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Watching birds is more than fun!
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.January 2016 Bird watching is fun and addictive, as you can tell from the movie “The Big Year.” Some birders travel the world just to see one bird. There is even a great website http://www.birdingisfun.com/. Moreover, birding also benefits our economy, personal health and even science. Birding is Big…
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Blatant Injustice, Tyranny, not Democracy
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.November 2015 Were you one of the voters who carefully considered the issues, thinking we had a democracy, and voted for the Amendment 1? You thought it would help save our natural Florida from so quickly disappearing. You wanted to keep many unique and lovely Florida birds and plant…