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.March 2021 We are so lucky in our county to have such diverse habitats in which birds thrive. Conservation areas create great birding opportunities in Florida and Indian River County (IRC) for the experienced…
Read the March 2021 Peligram.
https://youtu.be/iVBT9QVVY1c St. Johns River Water Management District created a series showing the work they do and the importance of water to the environment and to us. In this installment, learn about the headwaters of the St. Johns River, where the…
In plain language, the Water and Land Conservation Amendment intended primarily to fund Florida Forever has been ignored and brazenly abused since its passage. The 4.2 million Floridians who voted for the amendment and those who want Florida to continue to be a beautiful and desirable place to live should be offended. The state’s leaders have thumbed their noses at you and by their actions have said — we don’t care how you voted or what you think.
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…
Pelican Island Audubon Society and the Indian River County Stormwater Division offered a birding field trip led by PIAS president Richard H. Baker, Ph.D. and IRC Stormwater Division Educator Alexis Peralta to the Egret Marsh Stormwater Park and Wildlife Sanctuary…
Read More Birding Egret Marsh with the Sabal Circle of the Moorings Garden Club
© John Wolavar. 7/12/2020 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum Take time to smell the flowers by Juanita Baker, Ph.D. What a subtle, delicate beauty ‘smelling’ the Blue Mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum! Inserting its sharp warbler bill amongst the flowers,…
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.February 2021 Seventy-five (75%) percent of Florida voters took matters into their own hands in 2014 and approved Amendment 1, the Florida Water and Land Conservation (“FWLC”) Initiative. The ballot title for the amendment…
Read More Florida Forever: Legislature Should Honor Article X, Section 28 of Florida’s Constitution
Read the February 2021 Peligram newsletter.
Common Yellowthroat Playing in the Pickerel Weed © Logan Peralta 10 Common Yellowthroat Playing in the Pickerel Weed by Juanita Baker, Ph.D. Common Yellowthroats are one of our most common warblers in North and Central America, in all continental states including Alaska and Canadian…