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Programs, Tours and Events at Rookery Bay Reserve Pre-register for the following programs at www.rookerybay.org/
calendar or call 239.530.5972. Registration fees include admission
to Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center on the day of event.

Feb. 12, 2016, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Darwin Day BOGO
In celebration of the birthday of evolutionary biologist
Charles Darwin, the Rookery Bay Environmental Learning
Center offers unlimited $5 “buy one, get one free
admission.” Cannot be combined with other offers.

Tuesdays – Fridays, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Feb 13, 2016, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Guided Kayak Tours Wing It: A Beginning Birders Workshop
Join a Rookery Bay naturalist to enjoy a two-hour guided tour which Learn basics of birding, including how to use field guides,
explores the mangrove bays, creeks and rookeries that make this plumage, flight patterns, behavior and field marks in bird
Reserve a valuable treasure. This is a beginner’s trip and includes brief identification. Cost is $35 and $25 for members. This class
paddling instruction and all gear. Cost is $59, $49 for members. also provides an overview of binocular styles and functions,
including adjusting the diopter and other “tricks of the
Tuesdays – Fridays, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. trade.” The classroom session will be followed by a field
Guided Boat Tours trip to a nearby park to practice new skills.
Explore the unique ecosystem of Rookery Bay through an intimate
boat-based tour. With a maximum of six passengers, these intimate Feb. 26, 2016, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
on-the-water adventures offer a relaxed pace and emphasis on Amazing Adventures
learning designed to help visitors develop a true sense of place and a Keynote Speaker: Leah Miller, Belize: My Own Private
Jungle
deeper connection to this With the cost of living in the U.S. skyrocketing, zoologist
unique coastal wilderness. Leah Miller set out to buy property in a foreign country
Several different trips for retirement. What she got was a jungle in Belize, rich in
are available, each with wildlife beyond her wildest imagination. Leah will explain
a different theme. Cost her journey, show trail camera photos of her Belizean
is $89, $79 for members. wildlife, and answer questions about how one goes about
Proceeds support the non- purchasing foreign real estate, wildlife habitat in particular.
profit Friends of Rookery
Bay, Inc.
High Points: learn about
the geology and wildlife of

an ancient dune ecosystem (Feb. 11, 26)
Treasure Island: this ecological treasure is a rare tropical hardwood
hammock (Feb. 2, 10, 16, 25)
Essence of an Estuary: learn how human history and natural history
intersect (Feb. 4, 9, 18, 23)
Life’s a Beach: explore Keewaydin Island, home to some of the best
shelling in Florida (Feb. 3, 5, 17, 24)
Sunset to Starlight: Enjoy sunset on the beach and moonrise over the
mangroves (Feb. 20, 21, 22)

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