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.
Dr. Jerry Lorenz studies Roseate Spoonbill while working with staff and volunteers to collect nesting information across Florida Bay. Data analyses show shifts in nesting distribution due to habitat destruction in the Keys. Recently nesting success has decreased and nest…
Watch the Pelican Island Audubon meeting with Dr. Terry Root discussing the impact of climate change on birds and everything else.
Audubon's Everglades Science Center (ESC) was established in the Florida Keys in 1939, by National Audubon's first Director of Research, Robert Porter Allen. Allen began a full-time study of the Roseate Spoonbill, living among them in a tent for weeks…
Read More Register for Feb. 15 meeting: Roseate Spoonbills with Dr. Jerry Lorenz
Fantastic Birds of Cuba with Arturo Kirkconnell, Sr. presented at the November 16, 2020 Pelican Island Audubon Society general meeting via Zoom.
Doug Tallamy focuses on birds and native plants. He is the author of Bringing Nature Home and Nature's Best Hope.
Hosted by Juanita Baker, author of "Florida Birds Exposed", this Zoom webinar from September 10, 2020 features Julian Grudens and Will Johnson describing strategies for observing bird migration in Indian River County, Florida.
Registration for this meeting is closed.
Why plant trees? We have drastically changed the landscape in Indian River County in the last 50 years as our population has grown from 7,000 or so to 150,000 people. Trees belong in our landscape – native trees like live oaks.…
Pelican Island Audubon's September 16, 2019 meeting at the Vero Beach Community Center, 2266 14th Avenue starting at 7:00 PM, features Ken Lindeman, Ph.D., discussing Changing Climate, Changing Fisheries: Florida and the Caribbean. This meeting is free and the public…
Read More Sept. 16, 2019 Meeting: Climate Change, Changing Fisheries with Dr. Ken Lindeman