Field Trip Guidelines: Field trips are open to anyone interested in birding. Non-members are welcome.  All trips are free unless the locale has an entrance fee or a charge for parking. We recommend sturdy shoes, comfortable clothing, insect repellent, sunscreen, and water or other suitable beverages. Please contact the trip leader to indicate that you plan to attend and to get any information about changes in plan. 

Saturday, December 27, 2025

Make reservations with: Clay 

cjbird@bellsouth.net or 352-592-4949

At 8 a.m. meet in the parking lot at 101 North Mill Ave, behind the Sheriff’s office, for a 1.5 mile walk around Cooter Pond. The first section of the walk is on a boardwalk crossing the middle of Cooter Pond. The second section of the walk is on the paved Florida Trail. We will make a side trip to Henderson Lake before returning to the parking lot. Expect to see water birds in the pond and forest birds along the trail. 

On the way home, we will stop by the Inverness Airport Wastewater Plant and scan the sewage ponds and spray fields. Expect to see water birds, grassland birds, and raptors.