Pelican Island Audubon Society
Serving Indian River County since 1964
Author: pelicanislandaudubon
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Birding Indian River County’s Treasures
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.September 2011 Audubon of Florida has a new initiative of identifying each chapter’s “Special Places,” see (http://fl.audubon.org/specialplaces.html). Not being able to choose just one, we have selected 5 to highlight this year with field trips and special information on our website. Over half of the bird species found in…
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What can we do about Global Warming in Indian River County? Start by asking, what could county look like in 50 years?
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.May 2011 Global warming brings some dire predictions — sea level rising, frequent and stronger hurricanes and major beach erosion are just some of them. Our ultimate human survival and all life on this planet as we know it today requires us in Indian River County use our ingenuity…
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Establishing a real baseline
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.April 2011 We all use a different baseline when we compare what we remember when we first came to Florida or when grew up in Florida to the present day conditions. It is even more difficult for us to compare or perceive what changes are going on worldwide? Thus…
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“Want to catch fewer fish? ‘Improve’ Oslo boat ramp”
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.March 2011 It is really gratifying to see an excellent research scientist such as Dr. Grant Gilmore, Florida’s foremost fish expert, step up to the plate and speak out in the February 19th guest editorial in the Press Journal, on the Oslo Road boat ramp dredge and fill project…