We will begin planning for our 2023-2024 Season, October 2023 through May 2024. Watch for updates in The Kite throughout the summer.


FIELD TRIP
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED FOR ALL FIELD TRIPS
TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT EMAIL
santafeaudubonfl@aol.com
When you make your reservation, please include your email and phone numbers(s)
and please specify if you will meet at Heritage Park or the Field Trip location

SATURDAY, MAY 27
ANASTASIA STATE PARK
for Birds at the Beach
With 195 identified bird species, Anastasia State Park is a bird-watcher’s paradise. You don’t have to be an experienced birder to enjoy the diversity.
Approx. 2 - 3 hours
DIFFICULTY LEVEL 3 Will involve walking on the beach
PARKING FEE: $8 PER VEHICLE
TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT contact Celina or Sallie santafeaudubonfl@aol.com
To caravan from Melrose meet on the west side of Heritage Park at 7:15 AM OR
Anastasia State Park Parking Area at 8:45 AM
300 Anastasia Park Road, St. Augustine, FL.

THERE ARE RESTROOMS AT BOTH OF THESE LOCATIONS

Sallie Carlock
President



SFAS Program Meetings
Active: Oct. - May
Annual Report
When: Speaker Series Programs are held Tuesdays evenings at 6:45PM October thru May

Where: Trinity Episcopal Parish Hall (204 SR 26 downtown Melrose)

Click here for past events


More detail on SFAS
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Photo Credits
Photographs displayed on this website are copyrighted and were provided with permission by:
Ann Stodola
Dr. Jeff Smith
John Sloane
Richard Segall
Carol Sallette
Anne Pierce
Ida Little
Joyce King
Ray Franklin
Bill Chitty
Sallie Carlock
Jan & Bill Bolte
Keith Bollum
Bob Bird


Bats: Our Best Friends
2017 Education Outreach Project


Bats? Are they really blind? Do they get into your hair? Are they completely silent? The Putnam County Library system will host several programs by Carole Mackey for the area’s youth to bring the truth about these elusive animals to light.

Carole escapes every year from the snowy North to the Melrose area where under the sponsorship of the Santa Fe Audubon Society (http://www.santafeaudubon.org/), she has been sharing her enthusiasm and knowledge of the natural world with area libraries and the Ochwilla School for the last three years. The programs are designed to be fun and imaginative as well as educational.

This year the bat program, Bats: Our Best Friends, will feature an informative presentation followed by 4 to 8 interactive stations where the children can re-enforce and experience what they’ve just learned about bats. They’ll be able to listen to high frequency bat sounds which the human ear cannot hear, examine an actual bat skeleton with a magnifying glass, test their echolocation or ability to move by sound alone—no sight, and plan appropriate bat diets. And yes, adults are welcome.

2017 Schedule (Additions expected)

March 4 Palatka Library, 10:30 am
March 22 Melrose Library, 10 am
March 27 Hawthorne Library
April 12 Crescent City: Lunch with the Greats, 12 Noon
April 13 Melrose Library, 10 am