Welcome

We represent Audubon Society members in Northern Pinellas County and provide services to all who are interested: free local field trips with expert birders; inexpensive extended field trips within the US and to other locales, free monthly programs, volunteer & networking opportunities within the local conservation community; scholarships to local summer camps and speakers for a variety of classrooms and groups. 

Contact us at 727-442-9140 or email us at clearwateraudubonsociety@gmail.com.  

Our mailing address is:  

Clearwater Audubon  P.O.Box 97, Clearwater, Fl. 33757

 Check list for bird steward volunteers to be stationed at Three Rooker Bar (Anclote Key State Preserve)

Three Rooker Bar is a barrier island located north of Honeymoon Island and is accessible only by boat. It is part of Anclote Key State Preserve and is managed by the Florida Park Service. Public education is key to program success and therefore professional conduct of volunteers on behalf of the Park Service is required.

Volunteers must be willing to “work” a 4-7 hour shift on the island. Each boat driver will set departure and return times and volunteers can sign up for shorter or longer shift durations on available dates. Shifts may be available, depending on boat transportation, on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday each week between May 1st-July 15th. Participants must be in good physical condition and be able to climb up and down a boat ladder. There are no restroom or other facilities on the island. All food, water, and sun protection are volunteer-provided.

Program checklist:

1. View the online video at www.clearwateraudubon.com by clicking on “Conservation” and then “Bird Steward Program”. If you have a PC, the video is in 3 downloadable segments; if you use a Mac, the video is in 9 downloadable segments. The Powerpoint slides that accompany the video can be downloaded for viewing while watching the video training. Click on the .ppt icon at the right end of the PC video icons.

2. Go to the following link to fill out a –required- Florida Park Service volunteer application and submit it online:

http://www.floridastateparks.org/getinvolved/howtoapply.cfm

3. Go to the following link to purchase a –required- Florida Park Service volunteer T-shirt (gray with black logo):

All volunteers must wear this uniform T-shirt while on volunteer duty.                                             

For more information contact: John Hood, Clearwater Audubon President, at jhood2@tampabay.rr.com or 727-461-4762 or Dana 

Kerstein, Conservation Projects Chair at 727-441-1609; dana.kerstein@gmail.com

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