Welcome to the website of the Eagle Audubon Society of Sun City Center, Florida. We hold monthly programs, which are open to everyone, the third Monday of each month. Trips and speakers for our upcoming season beginning October 2023 through April of 2024 will be presented in our Fall Brochure, which will be available here and sent to your email inbox in September 2023.
For a more current updates on club happenings, please see our Facebook site.
Download or view our latest newsletter here. Our Summer Newsletter highlights planning on upcoming trips, speakers at our meeting, our conservation efforts and includes a renewal membership form. Please renew your annual membership prior to October 1, 2023, so you can participate fully in all the exciting events we offer.
As a chapter of the National Audubon Society we seek to increase interest and involvement in our local and state environment, its history, wildlife, preservation and restoration.
Our meeting place is St Andrew Presbyterian Church located nearby at 1239 West Del Webb Blvd. in Sun City Center.
Our meeting day is the third Monday of the month from October through April. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. and meeting starts at 1:40 p.m.
This location is easy to navigate to:
From Kings Point in a golf cart or car exit via the front gate and cross 674 And continue onto Valley Forge. Make a left onto Fordham to the Hospital sign where you will turn left on Haverford. Continue to W. Del Webb and turn right. The church is on the right a short distance down W. Del Webb..
Coming from the west on 674 it is easier to go to the light where the turn is for KP but get in the left lane to turn onto Valley Forge and follow the directions above.
From the east go past KP and take a right on W. Del Webb.
In Other News:
Bill Introduced to Name Florida Scrub Jay as the State Bird: A bill has been introduced in the Florida Legislature to replace Florida’s current state bird, the Mockingbird, with the Florida Scrub Jay. Senate Bill 162 (2024) has been introduced by Senator Tina Polsky. One of the reasons cited in the bill for the designation is that the Scrub Jay is endemic to Florida while the Mockingbird is not. The Mockingbird is also the state bird of four other states. There are only a few thousand Scrub Jays in Florida. It is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and as a threatened species by the Florida Endangered and Threatened Species Rule and the federal Endangered Species Act.
Florida Audubon Assembly, October 26-28, 2023: John Warbach attended the Florida Audubon Assembly “Conservation in a Changing Landscape” in October. These are his notes on the meetings. Highly recommended reading if you wish to know what is currently happening and future proposals at the State level.
Current Legislation Issues: John Warbach, our Conservation Chairman, has written a summary of current legislation pending before the State Legislature. You can read a summary here.
National News — The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act: The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (S-1149) was introduced in March of 2023. Audubon is urging members and others committed to conservation to contact their Senators in support of this bill. Read more about this bill here.
Climate and Climate Change: In order to educate our membership in this controversial subject, John has also written a series of articles which he entitles “Climate Change and Sustainability Primer.” This two part series comes in a long version and a short version summary. We encourage you to view the long version, but if you haven’t time. please consider reading the summary versions. Part One Part Two Summary One Summary Two
March Annual Meeting Minutes: In our March meeting we voted on a new set of by Bylaws. You can read or download a copy of the bylaws here. A copy the minutes of the March Annual meeting can be found here.
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