January to April Calendar
Call the refuge at 850-925-6121 to register. Registrations cannot be taken more than 30 days before an event AND no more than 2 names can be accepted at one time.
Come Bird With Us in 2018! See specific dates in the calendar. All tours meet at the Visitors Center. Call 850-925-6121 to register.
JANUARY
1 - Happy New Year! The Visitors Center is OPEN.
1 - Birding and Wildlife Observation Behind the Gates with Cyndi and Matt Johnstone. Get Your Year's List Started! 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Tour limit 25 - Registration required.
7 - First Sunday at the Refuge - 2:00 p.m., Ken Clineman and The History of Port Leon followed by a Wagon Tour to the town site. Tour limit 25 - Registration required.
8 - Birding and Wildlife Observation Behind the Gates with Cyndi and Matt Johnstone. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Tour limit 10 - Registration required.
11 - ToTs on Trails - 11:00 a.m. Meet at Nature's Classroom for a 45-minute ranger-led walk for preschool age children. Registration required.
13 - Birding Behind the Gates with Don Morrow. 9:00 or 1:00 p.m. Tour limit 25 - Registration required.
16 - FEE FREE - Martin Luther King Day, The Visitors Center is OPEN.
20 - St. Marks NWR Photo Club - 9:00 a.m. in Nature's Classroom.
21 - e-Tram Photography Tour - 1:00 p.m. Tour limit 10 - Registration required.
29 - Birding and Wildlife Observation Behind the Gates with Cyndi and Matt Johnstone. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Tour limit 10 - Registration required.
FEBRUARY
4 - First Sunday at the Refuge - 2:00 p.m., Whooping Cranes'.
4 - Birding and Wildlife Observation Behind the Gates with Cyndi and Matt Johnstone. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Tour limit 25 - Registration required.
3 - Wildlife Heritage and Outdoors Festival.
8 - ToTs on Trails - 11:00 a.m. Meet at Nature's Classroom for a 45 - minute ranger-led walk for preschool age children. Registration required.
13 - Birding and Wildlife Observation Behind the Gates with Cyndi and Matt Johnstone. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Tour limit 25 - Registration required.
17 - Birding Behind the Gates with Don Morrow. 9:00
or 1:00 p.m. Tour limit 25 - Registration required.
17 - St. Marks NWR Photo Club - 9:00 a.m. in Nature's
Classroom.
19 - Birding and Wildlife Observation Behind the Gates with Cyndi and Matt Johnstone. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Tour limit 25 - Registration required.
20 - FEE FREE! President's Day, The Visitors Center is OPEN.
MARCH
3 - Shutterbugs - Smart phone photography 1:00-4:00 p.m. in Nature's Classroom. Registration required.
4 - First Sunday at the Refuge - 2:00 p.m., Suzi Goodhope and Shiraz. Learn about Suzi and her amazing dog who follows her nose to find burial sites. Followed by a Wagon Tour to search for the lost Port Leon Cemetery. Tour limit 25 - Registration required.
5 - Birding and Wildlife Observation Behind the Gates with Cyndi and Matt Johnstone. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Tour limit 10 - Registration required.
8 - ToTs on Trails - 11:00 a.m. Meet at Nature's Classroom for a 45-minute ranger-led walk for preschool age children. Registration required.
10 - Birding Behind the Gates with Don Morrow. 9:00 or 1:00 p.m. Tour limit 25 - Registration required.
15 - Refuge Pools OPEN for boats.
17 - St. Marks NWR Photo Club - 9:00 a.m. in Nature's Classroom.
18 - Birding and Wildlife Observation Behind the Gates with Cyndi and Matt Johnstone. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Tour limit 25 - Registration required.
18 - e-Tram Photography Tour - 1:00 p.m. Tour limit 10 - Registration required.
APRIL
1 - First Sunday at the Refuge - 2:00 p.m., Chuck Hess on Red-cockaded Woodpeckers.
21 - St. Marks Photo Club - 9:00 a.m. in Nature's Classroom.
22 - e-Tram Photography Tour - 1:00 p.m. Tour limit 10 - Registration required.