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December Nature Walk in the Refuge

12/14/2014

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It was a crisp, bright morning when nine of us entered gate 43 for a two hour walk through pine upland and freshwater swamp habitats.  Bill Dummittt, John Thalacker, Milli Chapell and yellow lab Sophia, Kit Lane, Vicki Crumpley, Sally Beveridge, Maggie Funchion, Nita Cox and myself braved the cold air and ticks for a walk in the beautiful woodland. Though quiet at first,  we were soon fortunate to see plenty of birds. In spite of their rapid movements, we were able to see flocks of Tufted Titmouse, Pine Warblers and Yellow-rumped Warblers as the birds hung around the oaks, pine and sweetgum trees long enough to be identified.  We also saw several Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Chickadees, Chipping sparrows and a Pileated Woodpecker.  Because we passed through wet and dry areas, we were able to identify lots of plants and even a few flowers still in bloom.  A big thanks to Vicki Crumpley and Nita Cox for their lovely pictures!
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Please join us for our next nature walk in the woods!  We will meet at the entrance to Cabin Road at 9am on Tuesday, January 6.  No promises, but a couple years ago we saw a mating pair of otters in the ditch alongside Cabin Road!  You never know what we will see, but we usually see something fun and interesting!

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December Nature Walk

12/7/2014

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The next nature walk will be Thursday, December 11 at 9 am.  We will meet at Gate 10, which is the first gate into the Lower Suwannee NWR, south of the South Entrance to the Nature Drive, about 6 miles north of the turnoff to hwy 347 off 24.  Those who would like to carpool can meet me, Donna Thalacker, at 8070 A Street, Cedar Key at 8:45am.  You can use the town park beach parking lot.  The walk will be approximately 2 miles in duration and will take about 2 hours.  We will be walking on an old logging road behind the gates.  For more information, email friends@friendsofrefuges.org.  Hope to see you then!!  
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Seahorse Key Open House

12/6/2014

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Great Suwannee River Cleanup - Stage 2

12/6/2014

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The Fowlers Bluff Gathering

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Jay, Jim, Karen, Richard, Robin bringing in their haul.
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Pam, Ted, Daniel, Sandy bringing in their haul.
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Donna and Russ helping unload.
About 30 Friends members gathered at the Fowlers Bluff boat ramp this morning, shoved off in 6 boats, and came back with huge hauls of trash from the river banks. Along the way, 3 water moccasins were spotted, a merganser, lots of asters, a sunning butterfly, and Flat Ben. Flat Ben was visiting Maria and wanted his photo taken with a snake skin her crew found.
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Butterfly on asters
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Merganser
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Flat Ben, with the snake skin, signing people in from the day's work.
We collected propane tanks, lots of water logged slabs of wood and chunks of styrofoam, a huge piece of metal that might have once been a door of a walk-in cooler, bottles, plastic, and undescribable yucky stuff. Roger found a message in a bottle. One crew hefted onto their boat a slab of wood that appeared to be part of a long set of stairs. It barely fit in the boat. Look at how Ted handled getting it out of the boat!

When the dumpster is weighed, we'll post the total poundage.
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Roger and the message from the bottle
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On a break from the hauling and hiking in the muck
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Heavy, waterlogged wood
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Ted found a better way
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Friends of the Lower Suwannee & Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuges
P. O. Box 532
Cedar Key, FL 32625
friends@friendsofrefuges.org

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.


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