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Audubon Florida News

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State of the Everglades Fall 2024 - Letter from Director of Everglades Policy Kelly Cox
January 03, 2025
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Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Gets Influx of Funding - And Hope
January 03, 2025 — Great news for the endangered sparrow.
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Audubon Florida Presents Awards to Six Inspiring Chapters
December 23, 2024 — by Kristen Kosik, Chapters Conservation Manager
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Conservation Leadership Initiative Launches New Cohort
December 23, 2024 — by Kristen Kosik, Chapters Conservation Manager
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Hurricanes Damage Aviary at Center for Birds of Prey and Affect Eagle Nests Across Florida
December 23, 2024
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New Visitor Experience at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
December 23, 2024 — The Sanctuary celebrates new signage and more.
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Flamingos Remain in Florida, but Concerns Grow Across Their Range
December 23, 2024 — In 2023, Florida experienced a pink wave: Hundreds of American Flamingos blew into Florida and across the United States on the winds of Hurricane Idalia. In a February 2024 survey, staff and birders around the Sunshine State counted more than 100 flamingos—giving hope that some of those blown off course in the storm had chosen to remain in Florida. In November, Mark Cook, PhD, of the South Florida Water Management District, spotted a flock 62 birds strong in Florida Bay.
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Floridians Across the Sunshine State Speak Up for Public Lands and Conservation Deals
December 23, 2024 — Conservation—especially of land already owned by the state—was top of mind this fall as advocates across Florida used their voices on behalf of state parks, Withlacoochee State Forest, and rural ranchlands and wetlands in Orange County.
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SFWMD Ribbon-cutting Ceremony Marks Major Everglades Milestone
December 23, 2024 — Audubon attends ceremony for major Everglades project.
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Beach-nesting and Wading Birds, Facing Predation and Hurricanes, Successfully Fledge Chicks
December 23, 2024 — At Audubon, we held our breath this year as a predicted busy hurricane season had the potential to impact not only our coastal communities, but our beach-nesting birds as well. Hurricane Debby skirted Florida's Gulf Coast as a tropical storm, effectively ending the nesting season in Southwest Florida before making landfall as a hurricane in the Big Bend area in August. Helene and Milton had large impacts on neighborhoods, shorelines, and barrier islands in September and October.