Online admission: $10.00 Limited spaces are available.

Each month this summer, join three avian experts for an online webinar to learn about the amazing migration journeys of seabirds, their nesting habits and daily lives. You’ll view birds through a special live-streaming telescope and take virtual tours of some of the best places see seabirds, from beaches to islands to mudflats!

• May 20 – Discover the Littlest Seabirds – The Least Terns
• June 24 – The Uncommon Lives of the Common Terns
• July 29 – For the Love of Black Skimmer Chicks
• August 18 – Seabirds Tern it Up for the Season Finale

FREE!

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!

• April 9th – Finding Fish
• April 23rd  – Fire on the Florida Landscape
• May 14th – Finding Fish
• May 28th – Native Biodiversity in the Reserve

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 Master Naturalist course.

Southwest Florida is a critical stopover site for thousands of migrating and wintering shorebirds. In this program, Rochelle Streker of Audobon 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.
From the comfort of your computer, we will taken you on a virtual tour of the amazing mudflats of Tigertail Beach. You will see what birds are out there in real time through a virtual spotting scope while viewing photos and receiving clues to look for to help you identify these birds in the field.

Each month the birds species and their appearance will change so we encourage you to join us for the entire series. No two sessions will be the same!

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!