Calling budding birders and junior naturalists! Miami youth and their parents are invited to attend our free annual Bird Day festival featuring an engaging afternoon of games, prizes, exploration and educational activities on our near-native Steinberg Nature Center grounds. Bird Day is the perfect venue for school ecology clubs, scout troops and young children seeking an outdoor adventure. “Meet” rehabilitated wild birds rescued by the Pelican Harbor Seabird Station. Take part in Owl Pellet dissection. Craft Piping Plover “chicks.” Hone your binocular skills.

The mid-winter event also celebrates the annual migration of nearly 350 bird species that stop in South Florida to refuel and recharge on their return flight from non-breeding grounds in the Caribbean, South America and Mexico on their way to nesting habitats in North America.

Bird Day participants can also join TAS Field Trip Coordinator Brian Rapoza for a primer on the 2024 Great Backyard Bird Count, a community science initiative that enables birdwatchers of all ages to count birds and help create a real-time snapshot of where birds are located. Learn how your family can participate in the February 16-19 event!

Additionally: Nature lovers can explore the trails that thread the restored Tropical Hardwood Hammock and Pine Rockland habitats that comprise the Steinberg Nature Center. History buffs can tour the 1932 Doc Thomas House, which serves as TAS headquarters and is a designated Florida Heritage Site.

Click HERE to register.