Welcome to Duval Audubon Society

The end of the year is a perfect time to reflect on everything our chapter has accomplished, especially in the area of conservation. Duval Audubon’s mission is “connecting people with nature, restoring and conserving natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife,” and all of our work this year (and every year) has been centered around this mission.

Here are a few recent highlights from this year:

Lights Out Northeast Florida

• Our Lights Out Northeast Florida initiative (LONF) in partnership with Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens and St. Johns Regional Audubon Society completed its fourth year of window collision monitoring in the downtown Jacksonville area.
• In November, LONF received Audubon Florida’s 2024 Education Award for its successful outreach efforts in the community. The data collected by our dedicated LONF volunteers has been shared in a variety of ways with City decision makers, business leaders, building managers, and homeowners to alert them to the perils of artificial lighting and window reflections to birds, with the goal of influencing the entire community to work towards helping more wild birds survive by reducing nighttime lighting and making windows safe for birds.
• The LONF team also facilitated conversations between the Jacksonville Jaguars leadership and top experts at the American Bird Conservancy with the aim of making sure that the new Jaguars stadium is designed with bird safety in mind.
• The team worked with Jacksonville’s Museum of Science and History to install “Feather Friendly” visual markers on their courtyard windows to protect birds from window strikes by making the windows visible to birds.

Community Connections

• Duval Audubon worked with Wild Birds Unlimited of Jacksonville, the National Wildlife Federation and other partners to create a Certified Wildlife Habitat at Ribault Scenic Drive Park on Jacksonville’s Northside, including a bird feeding station, native gardens, benches, and picnic tables.
• We also received grant funding from the National Audubon Society to create and maintain an “Urban Oasis of Nature and Wellness” at Eartha’s Farm and Market, offering bird watching, nature walks, wellness events, native plant education, and community science opportunities.

Our chapter did much more this year than we have room for here. Click here to view a list of many more of Duval Audubon’s notable accomplishments in 2024.

Your membership in Duval Audubon strengthens our messages to the public and government leaders. The more members we have, the more effective our voices for birds and bird habitat will be. Education about conservation issues is an important part of our work. Help us amplify our messages. Your membership means a better community for people and birds and other wildlife. Join today and help make Northeast Florida a better place for all creatures to live.

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Here's what's coming up this month:

• Bird Walk for Beginners @ Fort Caroline National Memorial: 9 - 11 am, Sunday, December 1, 2024 (more info here)
• Orange Audubon's North Shore Birding Festival @ Lake Apopka North Shore: Thursday, December 5 - Monday, December 9, 2024 (learn more)
• The Best of Us: Virtual Photo Share Program: 1 - 2:30 pm, Saturday, December 14, 2024 (register here)
• Jacksonville CBC: All day, Saturday, December 28, 2024 (more info)

Wishing everyone a joyful, relaxing, and bird-filled holiday season.