North Shore Birding Festival

04/15/2026

Orange Audubon’s 60-Day Challenge — in honor of our 60th anniversary as a chapter — is winding down! 🌿🕊️

We’re so close to our goal to match our generous donor's $108,000, and your support can help us cross the finish line. Every contribution brings us one step closer to beginning construction this summer on our new Nature & Special Events Center — a space for conservation, education, and community.

Can you help us make it happen? Donate here: https://orangeaudubonfl.org/new-oas-nature-center

03/18/2026

We see some awesome trips coming out of here in the near future 🤩

🐦Something big is taking flight! We are working to build a nature center that will protect birds, restore habitats, and inspire our community. With matching funds already committed, your donation goes even further. Be part of this exciting milestone! Please donate by April 15!🐦

🌐To donate visit:
https://bit.ly/OASNatureCenter

01/18/2026

Thank you to Orange Audubon Society & all of their amazing volunteers that play a part in our festival! Cheers🥂

✨️Today marks 60 years since we filed our Articles of Incorporation on January 17, 1966! We’re so grateful for the incredible board members, volunteers, and community who have supported our mission through the decades.✨️

01/06/2026

Brian Miller photographed the quintessential NORTH SHORE BIRDING FESTIVAL scene -- Northern Harrier over bur-marigolds. Apopka artist Delia Miller captured this in her design for our 2025 festival T-shirts. Some in M, L and XL are still available and for sale with shipping at this link. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F044EA9A92CA3FF2-61305112-2025 #/

01/01/2026

Joe Hammond, founder of our new festival sponsor Raven Birding Apparel, will be presenting for Orange Audubon Society on our Bird Chats series on February 12th, 7pm on Zoom. Here's the link to get on the Bird Chats email list to be sent the link, so you can join and ask questions. Later the programs are archived on our YouTube channel. https://mailchi.mp/18d77cc16d26/bird-chat-registration.

Was great to have Raven Birding Apparel with us at the festival. Did you check out their apparel?

From binoculars to spotting scopes, curiosity starts young.
Proud to support the next generation of birders who will protect and celebrate what we love most.

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12/26/2025

Hope you are having a great holiday season. If you missed the chance to purchase one of our great 2025 festival T-shirts, we have limited quantities to sell online. The first batch will be shipped in the next few days. We have plenty of Large available, a few medium and XL, none of the other sizes. They are lighter than ones we have sold in the past, 100% cotton, silk-screened design on the back.

Here is the link:

The 10th annual NORTH SHORE BIRDING FESTIVAL T-shirt features the Northern Harrier with Bur-marigolds which are abundant on the North Shore right now. The design is by Apopka artist Delia Miller, who will be doing murals in our new nature center. Sizes are limited. Price is: M, L and XL: $24 (sales....

12/25/2025

Had such a great time birding on the North Shore on bikes! Great excercise, fresh air and a few lifers! In the parking lot the Blue headed vireo greeted us, other first for me Sedge Wren, Prairie warbler, Least Flycatcher. More to come

12/24/2025

Thanks for sharing. Great shot. If you have photos from the NORTH SHORE BIRDING FESTIVAL, tag us or email them to [email protected].

Male Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) flying with a turtle in his talon over water at the Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area near Lisbon, Florida on Thursday, December 11, 2025.

I attended the Emeralda Marsh Photo Trip recently as part of the Orange Audubon Society Annual 2025 North Shore Birding Festival. If you live or visit Central Florida during December and love birding or bird photography, you should check back next year. More information in the shared link. This photo trip was lead by two local photographers with years of experience in finding and photographing birds in the Emerald Marsh Conservation Area near Lisbon, Florida.

I have had little luck in photographing a male Snail Kite in the marsh but, with a dozen people in the group, someone found one eating a meal in one of the thickets near the main road into the marsh. I photographed him until he launched into the sky. He stayed low and flew right in front of us within 20 feet. In looking at the photos in my Nikon Z9s screen, we all could see he was carrying a small turtle in his talon. When snails are scare, Snail Kites will vary their diet to small reptiles and amphibians.

LINK: https://northshorebirdingfestival.com/

12/16/2025

12/16/2025

Nature doesn’t hold back on color. 💜💙 The stunning purple gallinule, gliding through the wetlands.