The West Pasco Audubon Society holds its annual Christmas Bird Count today searching for elusive hummingbirds and hoping to encounter dozens of other species as they fan out over a circle 15 miles in diameter and centered at the Magnolia Valley Golf Course clubhouse in New Port Richey. ...more

December 29, 2007

The state has given its blessing to Pinellas County's new management plan for Shell Key, which bans dogs and alcohol and restricts overnight camping at the popular Bay area boating destination. ...more

December 27, 2007

CLEARWATER - The state has given its blessing to Pinellas County's new management plan for Shell Key, which bans dogs and alcohol and restricts overnight camping at the popular Bay area boating destination. ...more

December 27, 2007

MAITLAND - How fitting that the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey is just a mile from where Florida's first Audubon activists helped halt bird hunting in the Everglades in 1901. ...more

December 23, 2007

Hummingbirds tend to be no-shows when the West Pasco Audubon Society holds its annual Christmas Bird Count. ...more

December 23, 2007

Some people chose to spend the December Saturday morning checking the mall for holiday sales; others opted for a quieter time as they searched for nature's gifts among the beauty of Camp Bayou along the Little Manatee River. ...more

December 6, 2007

For months, a proposed landfill has stirred debate in east Pasco County, where people have hoisted signs and packed public meetings to attack the plans of a company that wants to build a 90-acre facility off Enterprise Road. ...more

November 30, 2007

Thousands of birds have been found dead or blackened since an oil spill two weeks ago, but no species has been hit harder than the surf scoter, a migratory sea duck that has seen a precipitous population decline in recent decades. ...more

November 24, 2007

Along the Hillsborough River recently, the mood was fowl. A small downy woodpecker expertly chipped away at cypress bark, and a pine warbler flitted among pine tree branches. Below, a tiny blue-grey gnat catcher hovered near a cluster of palmettos, and an anhinga sat near the river shoreline. ...more

November 21, 2007

Along the Hillsborough River last weekend, the mood was fowl. A small downy woodpecker expertly chipped away at some cypress bark while a pine warbler flew back and forth among pine tree branches. Below, a tiny blue-grey gnat catcher hovered near a cluster of palmettos, and an anhinga sat near the river shoreline. ...more

November 17, 2007