Trip leader: Don Morrow

Location: St. Marks NWR Visitor Center

Description:

Limited to 20 Participants.

This outing is fully booked , but if you would like to have your name added to the waiting list or if you have any questions, click this link email apalacheeaudubon@gmail.com and be sure to include your mobile phone number and those for any for whom you are signing up.

December is prime duck time at St. Marks. Based on current conditions, we will be trying to maximize sightings of duck species, while also including other wintering birds. Expect to see between 50 and 75 species during the course of the field trip.

We will drive the thirteen-mile round trip from the Visitor Center to the Lighthouse, making several stops based on then-current conditions. One stop may include a 1.75-mile hike. The remaining stops should have minimal walking.

After meeting up at 8:00 AM, we will be carpooling from the visitor's center in order to reduce our carbon footprint. We’ll break briefly for lunch. The 2:00 pm end time is aspirational and I plan to continue birding after the field trip. Anyone can join me, but everyone is free to leave after 2:00 pm.

Mid-December weather can be freezing to warm, often during the same day. Dress in layers. Bring optics, lunch, water, sunscreen and a joyful attitude. This will be a good day of birding.

We have some loaner binoculars, so please let us know if you need to borrow a pair for this trip.

Banner photo by: Bill Everitt