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Blair Visitor Center Update

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Blair Visitor Center Updates

Happy Earth Week!

We’ve had a fantastic spring and look forward to an exciting summer. Here are a few updates and reminders:

The Blair Visitor Center hours will return to the “summer” schedule. We are still open daily at 8 a.m., but from May 1 through December 15 the Center, Nature Store, and boardwalk close at 3 p.m. with the last admission at 1 p.m.
The Cypress Café kitchen will close for the summer but the Photographer-in-Residence exhibit will remain available for viewing in the café. You can find drinks, snacks, and sandwiches in the Nature Store.
If you purchase admission tickets or merchandise with a credit card, charges now appear as “National Audubon Society.”

Get tickets to visit the Sanctuary.

Blair Visitor Center. Photo: Sydney Walsh/Audubon

People dressed in yellow shirts outdoors using power tools.

Thank You, Herc Rentals!

We were thrilled to welcome twenty Herc Rentals corporate employees to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary for a morning of volunteer service in honor of Earth Month.

Some of the volunteers used loppers to trim back vegetation around the Sanctuary’s Blair Visitor Center to create a buffer for protecting the building from wildfire. Another group cleared a trail to serve as an access point for visiting researchers, school field trip groups, and other program participants. Two of the volunteers even picked up trash along the perimeter of the Sanctuary’s property to help us maintain a litter-free environment for wildlife, while several strong volunteers loaded a pick-up truck with tree limbs and plants four times. That’s a lot of overgrown vegetation!

Thank you, Herc Rentals, for partnering with us to power our conservation work!

Herc Rentals volunteers clearing trails. Photo: Linsey Kelsey

Students using binoculars to look at wildlife on a boardwalk.

Summer Camp Spots Are Filling Quickly

Time is running out to participate in our nature-based summer camp for children ages 6-12. Our most popular weeks, “Survival in the Swamp” (week of June 3) and “The Secret Life of Trees” (week of June 10), have only a few spots left! Sign up for one week or more. Enrollment costs $235/week or $185/week for members. Scholarships and sibling discounts are also available.

Find the complete schedule and link for registration.

Summer campers learning about wildlife.

A bumblebee on a purple flower.

Celebrate Pollinators on World Bee Day, May 20

Join us from 3 to 8 p.m. on May 20 to celebrate World Bee Day with an afternoon of activities, including a “Landscaping with Native Plants” presentation with a chance to win native plants, Rubee's Honey presentation and honey tasting, nature journaling (additional fee required for materials), and building a beehive from cardboard!

Plus, the café will be open with child-friendly menu options, and visitors can enjoy 10% off any bee-related merchandise in the Nature Store.

Click here for more information.

Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens). Photo: Mary Keim

Events and Other News

A boardwalk through a swamp with sun setting

Save the Date for Summer Solstice and Wellness

Celebrate Summer Solstice in the swamp with an evening of wellness and nature-based activities on Thursday, June 20, from 5 to 9 p.m.

5 - 7 p.m. | Nature journaling workshop
6 - 7 p.m. | Yoga
8:21 p.m. | Sunset
Ongoing | Ukulele band performs, hammocks set up for relaxing along the Boardwalk.

Plus, enjoy 10% off all purchases in the Nature Store. Get tickets.

Sunset on the boardwalk. Photo: R J Wiley, photographer in residence.

A black and white bird in flight

Upcoming Events

Check out these upcoming tours and events!
Corkscrew Night Tour | April 29, May 23
Guided Forest Meditation | May 3
Early Birding Tour | May 21, May 28
Sunset Stroll | May 29
Ancient Forest Tour | May 30

We’re open 365 days a year, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. View our Calendar of Events.

Swallow-tailed Kite. Photo: Renee Wilson

Donations and memberships provide crucial support for conservation work at the Sanctuary. From May 1 through December 15, the Blair Audubon Center and boardwalk are open daily from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the last admission at 1 p.m. Online tickets are recommended at www.corkscrew.audubon.org/visit.

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Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
375 Sanctuary Rd., Naples, FL 34120 USA
(239) 348-9151 | corkscrew.audubon.org

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