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Osprey Cam Live! |  |
In partnership with Ocean's Reach Condos, DDWS presents Osprey Cam, a live video feed focused on an osprey nest at the resort. Click here to access the camera and osprey information. We're expecting eggs any day now! |
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"Scandalous" Lecture |  |
Award-winning
St. Petersburg Times environmental journalist Craig Pittman has written another riveting investigative nature book on the heels of his
Manatee Insanity
and Paving Paradise
(co-authored). He will speak about his new
The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid on Friday, Jan. 25 inside the free "Ding" Darling Education Center. READ MORE
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UPCOMING EVENTS
January - April 2013
Lecture Series sponsored by Shell Point Retirement Community
January - April 2013
Film Series sponsored by The Sanctuary Golf Club
Feb. 15, 2013
Cuckoo For "Ding" Trailgate Party
May 3, 4, 2013
"Ding" Darling Doc Ford's Tarpon Tournament!
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Refuge Nature Store Spotlight |  | |
A cozy Refuge fleece sweatshirt is just the thing for nippy, wet days during the winter. Stitched with the Refuge System's Blue Goose logo, it makes a great souvenir gift.
Stop in to pick up yours today, or call 239-472-1100 ext. 241 or email to order. All proceeds from Nature Store purchases benefit the Refuge. |
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Preservation Campaign Donation |
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Tarpon Bay Explorers co-owner Wendy Schnapp (center) and staff (back row) present a check for $10,000 to the Refuge and DDWS: Refuge Intern Karen Lopresti, DDWS Executive Director Birgie Vertesch and Refuge Preservation Campaign Chair Jim Sprankle. |
In response to news that "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society is kicking off a Refuge Preservation Campaign to purchase sensitive Woodring Point lands and improve the Refuge Education Center, Tarpon Bay Explorers last week pledged the campaign's first business contribution of $10,000.
Tarpon Bay Explorers, the official Refuge recreation concession, is co-owned by Winston and Barbara Spurgeon and Wendy Schnapp and READ MORE
 For more information on the Preservation Campaign or to learn how you can support the campaign, please contact Birgie Vertesch at 239.292.0566 or via email by clicking HERE
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Only 50 tickets remain for Feb. 15 "Cuckoo for Ding" Trailgate Party |
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Original Painting by Toni Ferrell |
In addition to live music and a tent party with dinner served off tailgates, the first-of-its-kind Cuckoo for "Ding" fundraiser on Friday, February 15, 2013, will showcase the work of talented local and national artists as a part of live and silent auctions.
Longtime island professional glass artist Luc Century, known for his work on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., is contributing one of his popular wildlife-etched glass pieces. Artist and professional architect Toni Ferrell has shown her work READ MORE
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Thank you to our Sponsors
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She's Baaack! |  The Refuge and DDWS with grant donors from Wells Fargo
welcomed back the Refuge crocodile with an unveiling this week of a new interactive Living With Dinosaurs exhibit. Be sure to drop by the FREE Education Center to say hello. |
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Junior Photo Contest Winners |
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Judges gathered last week to award prizes to winners of the Annual Youth Photo Contest, sponsored each year by Bank of the Islands. The bank hosts middle schoolers from The Sanibel School and Cypress Lake Middle School (CLMS) for a Refuge photography shoot and then helps judge the results. The Sanibel School winners were Zachary Farst, first place; Kilyn Fox, second place; and Hannah Fay, third place. From CLMS Madison Brewer took first place; Kameron Smith, second place; Paige Schneider, third. Congratulations to all our winners and participants! Winning entires are on display at Bank of the Islands on Sanibel Island.
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Birds of the Gods Film |
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PBS' Birds of the Gods visits the heavenly birds of New Guinea |
"Ding" Darling Refuge's inaugural eight-week Film Series continues on
Wednesday, January 23, at 2:30 p.m. with the documentary Birds of the Gods. The PBS NATURE series documentary follows two biologists/conservationists into the dense, mosquito-ridden forests of New Guinea in their quest to document the mating behaviors of several exceptional and elusive birds READ MORE
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Wildlife Sightings Week ending January 15, 2013 |
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Photo by Susan Winston |
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These are just snapshots of some of the things taking place at your Wildlife Refuge. Please check our website at www.dingdarlingsociety.org to learn more!
Sincerely,
"Ding" On the Wing composed by Chelle Walton
Assisted by interns Karen Lopresti and Jess Shelton |
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