The Limpkin Times

Apalachee Audubon Society Mission Statement:

Protecting the rich biodiversity of the Florida Panhandle through education, appreciation, and conservation.

January 16, 2024

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Jody Walthall, January program speaker

 In this Issue:

Chapter Programs at FSU's King Life Sciences Building Auditorium

• Thurs. Jan. 18, Design with Nature: Ecological Landscaping,

with Jody Walthall

• Upcoming Programs

AAS T-shirts for Sale!

Apply for the Ben Fusaro Conservation Grant

Chapter Outings

• Feb. 17, Tall Timbers tour with Jim Cox (Fully booked, but a waitlist is available)

Jan. 21: Adopt-a-Street Sharer Road Cleanup

Feb. 17: Wildlife-friendly Yard Tour

Lake Elberta Park

• January Bird of the Month
• Sat. Feb. 3, Trash Cleanup

Chapter Programs

Design with Nature:

Ecological Landscaping

with Jody Walthall

Social with coffee and snacks at 6:30 p.m.

Announcements at 7:00 p.m.

Program begins at 7:15 p.m.

Learn how to convert a traditional landscape to one that has ecological function, using primarily native plants. Maintenance considerations will also be discussed.

This program will meet in person and via Zoom.

Click for more information about this program and Zoom registration.

Register early and you will receive a meeting reminder before the meeting.

FSU's King Life Science Building

319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee 32304

NOTE: Please park in the Spirit Way parking garage on the second floor and above.

Upcoming 2024 Programs-Save the Date!

For details, visit www.apalachee.org.

February 15 - Jean Huffman, Helen Roth, Susan Carr, Annie Schmidt,

A Labor of Love and Collaboration

March 21 - Julie Wraithmell, Influencing Conservation Policy 

April 18 - Dr. Christopher Werner,

The Underwater Caves of the Woodville Karst Plain

Sunday, May 19 - Annual Meeting & Potluck Picnic

AAS T-Shirts for Sale!

T-shirts for sale: We are excited to announce that we have new AAS t-shirts and will have them available for sale at the January program meeting. They come in two colors, are $25 each and we have sizes small through extra large. Help promote and support Apalachee Audubon with this fun-raiser! At this time we are accepting only cash or check payments. 

Apply for the Ben Fusaro Conservation Grant

Limpkin with Apple Snail, Audubon Photography Awards, by Robert Blanchard

AAS is now accepting applications for the Ben Fusaro Conservation Grant.

Have an idea for a project that can help birds or educate people about birds? Or do you know a school, church, or club that might? It might involve planting trees, putting up nest boxes, establishing a pollinator garden, creating materials to educate people about birds, or doing a bird-related study.

Apply for a Ben Fusaro Conservation grant and you could get $500 to fund your project! Visit our grant webpage for application information and to see what previous grant awardees have done. The application deadline is March 15, 2024.

Chapter Outings

Jim Cox leading a wagon tour.

Tall Timbers with Jim Cox

Saturday, February 17, (Fully booked, but a waitlist is available)

Visit the webpage to register.

Adopt-a-Street: Sharer Road Clean Up

Inaugural trash pickup crew, November 2023

We've adopted Sharer Road and invite you to join us Sunday, January 21 at 9:00 a.m. to spend an hour or two making this roadside more presentable and keeping trash out of stormwater runoff and out of the mouths and beaks of our wildlife. No sign-up necessary, just show up. Visit the webpage for meet up details.

2024 Wildlife-friendly Yard Tour

2022 Wildlife-friendly Yard Tour, Dana Bryan's House

Save the date and join us on Saturday, February 17 for our 16th annual fundraiser! Tickets--still only $10--will go on sale at Native Nurseries and Wild Birds Unlimited in late January. Visit the event webpage after January 15 for the on sale announcement and more information. Also, we are looking for 24 volunteers to help greet visitors to the yards. This requires a commitment of ONLY two hours AND you get a free ticket to see the rest of the yards. Click here to sign up online. 

This year's tour will feature four yards, each of which has unique features to attract a variety of birds and other wildlife such as wintering hummingbirds, orioles, tanagers, goldfinches, and kinglets as well as our year-round residents. This year, we have a wide variety of sizes and features from our yard hosts, plus some new ideas for inspiration for your own wildlife-friendly yard.

Lake Elberta Park

January Bird of the Month

Click to learn about this winter visitor often seen floating on the lake in January!

February Trash Clean-Up:

Sat. February 3, starting at 9:00 a.m.

Join us in keeping this beautiful ecosystem healthy!

November 2023 Cleanup Crew

• Additional parking is available on FAMU Way, close to Stearns St. There's also a 20-spot parking lot off of the roundabout at FAMU Way and Robert and Trudie Perkins Way (just west of Stearns St.). It’s about a 3-minute walk from the parking lot to the Stearns St. entrance of the park.
• Kayakers and canoeists are welcome and needed!
• Gloves, trash bags, and other supplies provided
• Water is provided, but please bring your reusable water bottle

Land Acknowledgement Statement

Apalachee Audubon acknowledges that the region it serves is located on the ancestral and traditional homelands of the Apalachee Indians of the Talimali Band, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. We pay respect to the resiliency of their tribal members, past and present, and to all Indigenous peoples. We encourage all to learn about the significance of Indigenous peoples in this region and throughout this continent.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: 2023-2024

Officers

President: Kathleen Carr

Vice President: VACANT

Treasurer: Harvey Goldman

Secretary: James Carr

Directors

Cindy Baisden

Charlie Baisden

Kristin Cohea

Juli deGrummond

Kristan Godbeer

Ben Rangel

Rebecca Wall

Student Directors

Traysea Auger

Christian Watson-Kerr

STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS

OTHER COMMITTEES & CHAPTER ACTIVITIES