Activities
Upcoming Events
Orange Audubon Society (OAS) offers many events and volunteer opportunities from September through June, with something for every activity level. See our menu of field trips, classes, and workshops to the right.
This includes OAS’ NORTH SHORE BIRDING FESTIVAL, held the first weekend in December to highlight the best of Central Florida Birding.
See the monthly calendar of events below. You can also download OAS’ annual brochure, on the About Us page which has at-a-glance information about all our activities throughout this program year!
Events in March 2025
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March 1, 2025(1 event) Florida Young Birders Field & Photo Trip to LAWDMarch 1, 2025 OAS Young Birders Club will visit Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive concentrating not only on their birding skills but working on their phtography skills, too. Trip will be led by photographer-birders Ethan and Brennan Landreville, Lorri Lilja and Alex DeBear. Kathy Rigling will round out the leaders. Free. Register on-line. Limit 20. Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive |
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March 8, 2025(2 events) 7:30 am: Birding and Botany - Mead and Leu Gardens – 7:30 to 11:30. Join Leaders Alan Shapiro and Glenn Blaser looking for early migrants, unusual residents and "plants for birds". Free but requires Leu Gardens admission. Mead Botanical Gardens 7:30 am: Limited Edition Field Trip to Clearwater Lake, Paisley Join Kathy Rigling and guest leader Andrew Wurster on a tour of this Lake County recreation area along the southeastern edge of the Ocala National Forest in Central Florida. Limited to 12 participants. Cost is $15 members and $20 non-members. Register via web. For questions contact Kathy at riglingkathy@gmail.com Clearwater Lake Recreation Area |
March 9, 2025(1 event) 7:30 am: BIRD SURVEY - Wekiwa Springs Monthly Bird Survey at Wekiwa Springs Park. We will split into 2 groups led by Park Naturalist Paul Lammardo and OAS's Kathy Rigling. We will survey two areas of the park counting all birds we see and hear. We will travel through the sandhill and scrub, near small lakes and other transitional areas. Possible birds: Red-headed Woodpeckers, Bachman's Sparrow, Wild Turkeys, Northern Bobwhite, the occasional Short-tailed Hawk. Registration is required with entry directions provided upon registration. Note: survey begins before park opens so DO NOT enter through main entrance. For registration & to check for any date changes contact Kathy at riglingkathy@gmail.com. To be provided upon registration |
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March 15, 2025(1 event) 9:00 pm: Free Monthly Field Trip to Mead and Leu Gardens - Birding and Botanizing 7:30-11:30 Leaders : Alan Shapiro and Glen Blaser Join Orange Audubon Society as we explore two local botanical gardens learning about plants for birds while searching for early migrant warblers and unusual residents. Led by plant expert and local birder Alan Shapiro joined by Glenn Blaser, we will explore the flora and fauna at both Mead Botanical Gardens and Harry P. Leu Gardens. We will begin our morning at Mead Gardens at 7:30, searching for warblers, vireos, thrushes, kinglets, raptors, owls and other resident and migrant birds. Register on-line. Questions: Kathy Rigling at riglingkathy@gmail.com |
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March 20, 2025(2 events) 5:45 pm: OAS Monthly Board Meeting – OAS Board Meetings are held the third Thursday of the month in the Camilia Room at Leu Gardens from September to May (except for December) at 5:45 prior to the General Monthly meeting. In December, the Board meeting is held via Zoom. Meetings can be moved to zoom for safety at the discretion of OAS. Check the most recent OASis for details. 7:00 pm: OAS Monthly Program - Plants for Birds: The Caterpillar Connection with Deborah Green – Join us LIVE at the Camilla Room at Leu Gardens for this free program on the importance of native catepillars and our bird populations by Deborah Green. The program will follow a short update at our monthly membership meeting. |
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March 22, 2025(1 event) 8:30 am: Intermediate Bird Identification with Bob Sanders - Class 1 of 2 A 2-class Intermediate Bird Identification class class that follows up to our Beginner Bird Watching classes. Taught by veteran birder Bob Sanders, this class will continue on the skills learned in BBWC and give you even more spotting practice. Cost is $60members, $75non-members. Details will be sent upon registration. Reservations required via web. For questions contact Teresa Williams at (407) 718-1977. Orlando Wetlands Park |
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March 29, 2025(2 events) 7:30 am: BIRD SURVEY: Apopka Birding Park – Monthly surveys will be held on the property of OAS' new Apopka Birding Park located just north of the entrance to the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. These surveys will help us monitor the birdlife as we begin restoration of this 67 acre property. We'll meet in the bike parking lot located on the right just before the gates to the Drive. To register contact leader Alex Debear at alexdebear@icloud.com. 8:30 am: Intermediate Bird Identification with Bob Sanders - Class 2 of 2 This is the second of a 2-part Intermediate Bird Identification Class taught by veteran birder Bob Sanders. For sign up for the class, see March 22. Cost is $60members, $75non-members. Reservations for the 3/22 and 3/29 class are required via web. Details will be sent closer to event date. For questions contact Teresa Williams at (407) 718-1977. Orlando Wetlands Park |
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April 5, 2025(1 event) 8:00 am: Mead Botanical Gardens Spring Bird Walks, Winter Park – Join our FREE Spring Bird walks in Mead Botanical Gardens while we search for both migrant visitors and resident birds. Wood Ducks, Barred Owls, Pileated Woodpeckers and others are joined in the Spring by passing warblers such as American Redstarts, Black and White Warblers, Black-throated Blue Warblers and others. This park has hosted Indigo Bunting, Painted Bunting, Hooded Warblers, and Yellow-throated Warblers. We never know what we will see but if we don't look we won't find out! Join us! FREE but limited to 25 registrants. Loaner binoculars upon request. Register on-line. For questions call Linda at (941) 704-1189. Mead Botanical Gardens |
April 6, 2025(1 event) 7:30 am: BIRD SURVEY - Oakland Nature Preserve – OAS performs quarterly bird surveys for the preserve to determine the effectiveness of its sandhill restoration and native plant gardens, a joint project of the preserve and the Tarflower chapter of the Native Plant Association. We'll meet in the parking lot and walk several trails through wooded areas and sandhill restoration areas. We'll be looking seasonally for overwintering Grasshopper, Savannah, Field, and possibly White-Crowned Sparrows; migrating warblers, Pileated, Red-bellied and Downy Woodpeckers, Eastern Bluebirds and many more. Registration is required, via website or contact Kathy at riglingkathy@gmail.com. Oakland Nature Preserve |