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St. Johns Regional Audubon

promotes the protection, preservation, and restoration of the habitats of birds and other wildlife through education, stewardship, and science-based advocacy.

Teacher Resources

Teachers can find lesson ideas with a focus on birds and the environment and info about our grants for teachers.

Birds of a Feather Volunteer Together

Volunteer Opportunities at SJRA

The St. Johns Regional Audubon (SJRA) chapter is an all-volunteer organization with 800+ members. Out of that 800, we have approximately 35 members who actively volunteer with us, with several members covering multiple roles. We want to develop more programs to expand our outreach into St. Johns and eastern Putnam County, but we need more volunteers to do this.

Interested in helping? The following lists our current volunteer opportunities. Please contact SJRA President Amy Koch (president@stjohnsaudubon.com) to talk about how you might want to contribute.

Bird Walk Leaders: This role is for experienced birders to lead bird walks with the help of an Assistant Bird Walk Leader. Training provided.

Assistant Bird Walk Leaders: This role is a great way to learn about birding, and can serve as a springboard to becoming a Bird Walk Leader. Assistant Bird Walk Leaders handle the administrative side of bird walks (signing participants in, covering walk rules, etc.) and act as a sort of concierge to ensure a consistently enjoyable walk for participants. Training provided.

Community Outreach: Help staff our tables at events and spread the word about SJRA and our initiatives. PowerPoint presentation and other literature will be provided.

Social Media and Website Management: We could use more volunteers to help manage and elevate our online presence, especially in social media apps such as Instagram, Facebook, and X (formerly Twitter).

Advocacy: With so few volunteers and extensive development in our area, we find it hard to keep track of meetings and other important events where nature might be adversely affected by construction. Become an advocacy volunteer for your area and encourage Audubon’s voice to be heard.

Corporate Support and Grant Writing: As we continue to expand our existing programs and initiate new ones, it is time to look for corporate support to help fund our plans. We could use a couple of people familiar with fundraising to do some research and find opportunities.

Join us for our annual Holiday Get Together! Catch up with your fellow birders and Chapter members!

We’ll provide food and drink, and ask you to provide your favorite birding story from the last year! We’ll also talk a bit about our current projects.

Tickets are $10 ($12.51 if you purchase your ticket through Eventbrite) for each guest to help cover the costs of this event, but kids 12 and under are free! You can pay at the door, but we do ask you to sign up through Eventbrite so we know how many to plan for.

Get Tickets for the Holiday Party

Donate to the SJRA St. Augustine Native Plant Garden Maintenance Fund

After months of careful planning and hard work, our Native Garden has been planted at the St. Augustine Visitors Center and our volunteers are hard at work to maintain it. You can help us keep the garden beautifully native with a DONATION.

See more about Native Plants on our Plants page.

New Documentary: "The World Through Binoculars"

We hope you enjoy this lovely 15-minute documentary, The World Through Binoculars,” About three years ago, Sue Killeen and Amy Koch attended the Georgia Ornithological Society meeting at Jekyll Island where three young SCAD students were making this documentary. It has just been released via Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/789586356. Both Sue and Amy were featured in the film.

Congratulations to young filmmakers, Jennifer Yingling, Nina Miller, Sana Saif, and Zehngyang Lu, for such a lovely and informational film on birds and birding!

See our Teacher Resources Page for K-12

Info for Applying for Young Birders Grants

Resources for Birders

Here are some good web resources for birders.

Our Hot Spot Page: https://stjohnsaudubon.com/hotspots/ This will give your information about and directions to some our the best birding spots in St. Johns County.

eBird: www.ebird.org: Run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this is a database where you can add your sightings, as well as find local hotspots, research specific bird species, etc. The app is free.

Merlin Bird ID: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org: A terrific and free app for your phone that will help you identify birds by description, photo and recently, by bird call! Most birders are now using this app. A great tool for new birders!

National Audubon Society: www.audubon.org: Everything birds!

Plants for Birds: https://www.audubon.org/plantsforbirds: This database will give you the native plants and trees good for birds for our area.

American Bird Conservancy: www.abcbirds.org: This group engages in scientific research and advocates for the conservation of birds and bird habitat. It is a good source on how individuals can help birds.

Homegrown National Park: https://homegrownnationalpark.org: Dr. Doug Tallamy’s excellent effort to increase habitat one backyard at a time.

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