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Rookery Bay’s EDscursions take participants on virtual field trips through live-streaming technology to explore the waters and uplands of Rookery Bay’s 110,000 acres. Each EDscursion is full of discovery, adventure and learning! Explore a bird nesting island, tromp through mangroves to a beautiful, secret white sandy beach or go on a boat trip to “Find a Fish” with biologists … all from the comforts of home!

• February 12th – Finding Fish
• February 26th – Science at the Surface: NOAA Sentinel Site
• March 12th – Finding Fish
• March 26th – Changing Shorelines
• April 9th – Finding Fish
• April 23rd  – Fire on the Florida Landscape
• May 14th – Finding Fish
• May 28th – Native Biodiversity in the Reserve

Southwest Florida is a critical stopover site for thousands of migrating and wintering shorebirds. In this virtual program, Adam DiNuovo of Audubon Florida and Collette Lauzau of Rookery Bay Research Reserve will discuss the life history of these birds and the incredible journeys many of them make annually.

Are you interested in increasing your knowledge of Florida’s unique coastal habitat and wildlife? Rookery Bay Research Reserve partners with the University of Florida to offer a section of the Florida Master Naturalist Program – Coastal Systems. You’ll learn about marine environments, birds, fish, mammals and more! The March 2021 course is full, but spots do open up occasionally. Please click below to join the waiting list for the March 2021 virtual course.

Paint the beauty of coastal Naples and the wildlife of estuary waters at Rookery Bay Brush Strokes water color painting class by local Naples artist, Jan Deswik. Held in classrooms at the Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center, participants will complete a painted piece with matte at each session.

• Perfect for beginners
• Spotlights on nature from shells to bird life to local waterways
• All materials are included
• Complete a painting at each class!