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Programs, Tours and Events at Rookery

Bay Reserve

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Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center Hosts Science Saturdays
Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center welcomes the entire family on Science Saturdays, 9 am to 4 pm, through April.
Kids and grownups alike can explore and discover the plants, fish and wildlife that call Rookery Bay Research Reserve’s 110,000
acres home. Science Saturdays is a fun way to learn about environmental science and the natural world through actual hands-on
experience with marine life touch tanks, exhibits and scientific displays. .
Rookery Bay Naturalist Guided Boat and Kayak Tours

Experience the nature of Rookery Bay Research Reserve up-close and personal with one of our naturalist guided kayak or boat
tours. These much anticipated tours run November through April. The relaxed pace and emphasis on learning is designed to help
visitors develop a true sense of place and a deeper connection to this unique coastal wilderness. Several different trips are available,
each with a different theme and location. All tours provide a chance to see a diversity of native wildlife and offer a comfortable
platform for photography. Pre-registration required. Visit Rookerybay.org/calendar for dates, times and themes.

Birding Basics The classroom session will take place at the Rookery Bay
January 11, 2019 • 8:30 am – 12:30 pm • $40 Field Station on Shell Island Road. It will be followed by a trip
Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/calendar to Tigertail Beach, one of the most important winter shorebird
Enjoy this fun and informative class designed to help you identify sites in Florida, where we will see many of the birds discussed.
birds around you. Oriented toward the beginning birder, the classroom Be prepared to wade in water up to your knees, with adequate
session explores how to use birds’ plumage, shape, behavior and footwear that will protect your feet (no flip flops). Collier County
habitat to recognize various species. It also covers the effective use of beach parking fee applies ($8, free with sticker). This class is geared
binoculars and field guides. During the second part of the class you toward those with some birding experience. If you are new to
will learn more tricks of the trade during a field trip to a nearby park birding, we recommend taking the Birding Basics class first.
where you can enjoy practicing new skills.
Essentials of Digital Photography
January 14, 2019 • 9:30 am – 12:30 pm • $55
Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/calendar
The class covers the essentials of your digital camera. You will
learn how to use your camera’s shutter, aperture, ISO control and
the drive modes to create images with impact and creativity. Sonny
Saunders has over 35 years of experience in photography and
instruction and is renowned for his ability to communicate to a
wide variety of students.

Birds of the Beach
January 12, 2019 • 8 am – 12 pm • $40

Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/calendar
Southwest Florida is a critical stopover site for thousands of
migrating and wintering shorebirds. In this class, Adam DiNuovo
of Audubon Florida will discuss the life history of these birds
and the amazing journeys many of them make annually. Winter
shorebirds are notoriously difficult to ID, so practicing the skills
learned in this class is essential. You will learn how to use plumage,
size, and behavior to help with identification.

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