Field trips are open to the public and free of charge, but contributions are appreciated.
Participants need to prepare for all field trips with comfortable walking shoes, water, snacks or lunch, sunhat, sunscreen, binoculars for birding trips, field guides (optional), and insect repellent.
Members and visitors are welcome at any experience level, so don’t be shy!
Field trips are a great way for beginners to learn and share time with others who enjoy birds and nature.
All field trips meet at 7:30 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Some sites such as State Parks and the National Seashore require entry fees.
Remember to bring your pass to these sites if you have one.
For entrance to Ft. Pickens, each vehicle must have a pass or pay a vehicle entrance fee. For how to buy a pass see https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.
Passes Available: Access Pass, Annual Pass, Fourth Grade Pass, Military Pass, Senior Pass.For updated entrance fees to the Gulf Islands National Seashore, Ft. Pickens, https://nps.gov/guis/planyourvisit/entrancefees.htm Phone: (850) 934-2600
Fee Stations are only accepting credit cards for the purchase of passes.
Visitors can also purchase digital passes in advance athttp://www.recreation.gov/sitepass/74285
We have adopted the American Birding Association’s Principles of Birding Ethics.
We encourage everyone to follow these guidelines on our field trips and elsewhere.
Please familiarize yourself with the code on the ABA’s Code of Ethics page at http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html.
All participants in published events and excursions must sign the release and indemnification form. Leaders will have forms for those who have not yet signed one.
*New Requirement– All participants in published events and excursions must read FMWAS’ Health and Safety Policy, which can be found at fmwaudubon.org/AboutUs.
Any questions, contact Lucy Duncan at 932-4792 or town_point@bellsouth.net
Please retain: PRINT AND SIGN LINK: The Release and Indemnification Form.pdf
For a variety of considered reasons, FMWAS’ Board of Directors decided to implement a liability release form for all field trips, birdwalks, and events published online and in “The Skimmer.”
The liability release helps protect FMWAS from damages, claims, and purchasing additional insurance. The form was developed in consultation with a pro-bono attorney.
Field trips are open to the public and free of charge, but contributions are appreciated.
All experience levels are welcome.
Occasionally conditions require events to be cancelled.
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The Francis M. Weston Audubon Society is a non-profit IRS 501 [c] [3] corporation and is registered as an exempt charitable organization under Chapter 496 of Florida statues.
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