Meet at 10:00 at:

Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art
352 South Nova Road
Daytona Beach, FL 32114

Museum admission fee: $20

We'll plan to eat lunch at the museum cafe and then head over to Port Orange Causeway Park by about 1 p.m. with low tide at about 2 p.m.

Port Orange Causeway Park, 93 Dunlawton Ave, Port Orange, FL 32127

This is an excellent birding spot as outlined by Harry Robinson and Kim Ramos of Halifax River Audubon here:

https://www.halifaxriveras.org/zupload/user/HRStudies/BirdsPortOrange.pdf

Trip leader: Pete Johnson

John James Audubon’s Birds of America was a monumental achievement of both art and ornithology. His collection of 435 prints and accompanying field notes changed the way people saw and understood bird life. A major portion of this production was Audubon’s six-month expedition to Florida in 1831-32. Audubon collected and painted 36 bird species and observed and wrote about 50 more during his time in Florida. Some of the most famous images of his collection such as the American Flamingo, Great White Heron, and Roseate Spoonbill resulted from the Florida trek, and many have strong local connections. Hyatt and Cici Brown have collected over 75 original Havell prints from Birds of America, which have a Florida connection. This exhibit and accompanying catalog will display these historic prints and tell the story of his Florida expedition, where he traveled, what he observed, and what he painted. The exhibit and book will also examine how Audubon’s work inspired the modern conservation movement and remains relevant today.