

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Limited Edition overnight trip to Fort DeSoto Park
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 am – Tue, 21 Apr, 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: REGISTRATION AND FEE REQUIRED

Fort DeSoto is legendary! It is what we call a “migrant trap.” During spring migration many songbirds make the arduous and dangerous Gulf crossing from Central America and Mexico to Florida. With favorable weather conditions and birders’ luck, the numbers and variety of migrants at Fort De Soto on any given day in April can be nothing less than awesome.

The cost of $95 for members and $125 for nonmembers includes two full days of guided birding and one lunch. Participants will make their own arrangements for accommodations. Limit 12 participants. 

With top local birders, Lori Mathis, Jerry Mathis and Lorri Lilja  as our guides we will spend two full days birding Fort DeSoto park and any other areas nearby where migrant birds are being seen.
Migratory and Nonmigratory Species seen at Fort DeSoto during April include: Redhead, Black Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Horned Grebe, Snowy Plover, Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher, Whimbrel, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Red Knot, Western Sandpiper, Common Tern, Magnificent Frigatebird, Reddish Egret, Eastern Wood -Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher, Gray Kingbird, Veery, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson’s Thrush, Wood Thrush, Lark Sparrow, Worm- eating Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Black-throated Green warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Rose Breasted Grosbeak and Dickcissel. 


Please register on our website: https://orangeaudubonfl.org/field-trip-signup/

Questions? contact Kathy Rigling at riglingkathy@gmail.com
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- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, sports, kentucky-derby
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://orangeaudubonfl.org/field-trip-signup/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=anna+maria-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Anna Maria
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Fort Desoto Park
- **lat**: 27.637086727411
- **long**: -82.698745253359
- **full address**: Fort Desoto Park, Anna Maria, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Orange Audubon Society (https://allevents.in/org/orange-audubon-society/21243397)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 am (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fort Desoto Park, Anna Maria, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Orange Audubon Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** trips-adventures, sports, kentucky-derby
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Limited Edition overnight trip to Fort DeSoto Park ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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