Myakka River State Park Field Trip

Everyone is invited for an exciting Field Trip Next Wednesday 8AM Myakka River State Park, 13208 FL-72, Sarasota
From Charlotte County take Clark Road Exit off I-75
On Nov 12th at 8:00 AM Sharon Wilcox, Peace River Audubon’s excellent birder will be our guide. Enter the park after you pay the entrance fee $6 per vehicle (2-8 people) or $4 single-occupant vehicle. Drive on the main road to the first bridge where Sharon will meet us. There is a pull off on the left side before the bridge to park for the first stop. This is a car caravan with 3 or 4 main stops and views of wildlife along the way. You have the chance to see herons, egrets, ducks, ibises, cormorants, turkeys, vultures, limpkins, anhingas, roseate spoonbills and an osprey or bald eagle feeding. You may see peninsula cooters, Florida softshells or American alligators sunning themselves on the banks along with anoles, geckos and skinks which scamper along the trees, and minnows who bottom-feed in the shallows. The best stop is where the Birdwalk begins in the hydric hammocks of the Myakka River's floodplain.

You may also like the following events from Peace River Audubon Society:

• Next Thursday, 20th November, 06:30 pm, Exploring Antarctic Presentation in Punta Gorda