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Leader:
Matthew
Hortman
Date:
May 27, 2006
Time:
0700 to
1000
Meeting Place:
Treeline parking area at GTMNERR
What to Bring:
Water,
snacks, insect spray, binoculars,
scope if you have one
Directions:
A1A to GTMNERR
Matthew
Hortman, wildlife biologist,
will lead this field trip driving
tour. The trip will consist of
driving and walking through the
Wildlife Management Area. The group
will meet and divide into a minimum
of four persons per vehicle.
All-wheel-drive or four wheel drive
vehicles are recommended. Matthew
offers the following information:
· Meet
at 7:00 am at the treeline parking
area at GTMNERR
· There
is an entrance fee for this trip of
$3.00
· There
are restrooms on the property in the
parking lots
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Participants are strongly encouraged
to wear proper attire, bring drinks,
sunscreen and bug repellants, etc
The trip will
include visiting of the various
habitat types, bird watching, and
will last approximately three hours.
At the end of the trip, participants
are welcome to explore by foot on
their own.
This trip is
limited to SJAS members only
and with a total participation of
not more than six vehicles. Please
call Diane
Reed at (904) 829-9854 for
reservations.
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"Matthew Hortman, FWC Biologist, led
the Guana Field Trip (drive-thru) on
May 27th. We started at
approximately 7am and ended at
around 11:30am. With a total of 5
cars and 14 people, our first stop
was the Savannah pond observation
platform. We then proceeded to the
Capo Creek Tower, where we had
pretty good birding success. Our
trip ended with a brief visit to the Guana Lake observation platform.
Our list of species is a compilation
of everyone's eyes and ears for this
interesting field trip. We would
like to thank Matthew Hortman for
putting this trip together and
allowing us access into the Wildlife
Management area of Guana.".....Diane
Reed, May 27th, 2006
