Calendar

Staking Days!

Call 239-980-2593 for more information
We need leaders for each trip. We meet off Santa Barbara in the parking lot in front of Blockbuster EVERY wed at 9: 00am.
email bernadette@ccfriendsofwildlife.org if you plan to attend. ....come learn how to help the owls have a tidy home, get some exercise and enjoy the beautiful weather.

Everyone is welcome.

CCFW MEETING

Next Meeting Of Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife

March 9th, 7pm This meeting will be a BOF celebration Potluck, bring something edible to share! ( no meetings June, July and August).

All general meetings held at

5055 Rose Garden Dr, Rotary Park Cape Coral

Ding” Darling lecture series features environmental specialists

The eagerly awaited eight-week “Ding” Darling Bookstore Lecture Series kicks off Jan. 28, 2010, with Tom Allen, a biologist for the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission and wildlife author, who will speak about “Butterflies Around Us.”
Other highlights this season include Theodore Cross, whose Waterbirds photographic study has won notice in the New York Times and on NPR’s All Things Considered; and an evening lecture at BIG ARTS starring presidential biographer Douglas Brinkley. The season’s complete schedule is listed below.
“Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) sponsors the series. Visit www.dingdarlingsociety.org for lecture updates or call 239-472-1100 ext. 241.

Jan. 28 - Tom Allen - Butterflies Around Us

Feb. 4 – Mark “Bird” Westall – Exploring the Backwaters of “Ding”

Feb. 11 – Theodore Cross – Waterbirds: Portraits and Anecdotes from Birding Adventures*

Feb. 18 – Gary Schmelz & Glen Stacell - A Guide to Native Wildflowers of Southwest Florida*

Feb. 25 – Tom Allen – Owls of Florida

March 4 – No afternoon program – Douglas Brinkley – Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America* Speical Program is at BIG ARTS, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20 at BIG ARTS box office

March 11 – Charles Sobczak – Living Sanibel: A Nature Guide to Sanibel & Captiva Islands*

March 18 – Rick Bonney – Citizen Birding, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

All lectures begin at 1 p.m. in the Refuge Education Center Auditorium, and admission is free with the exception of the March 4 special evening program.
Book signings follow all of the starred (*) lectures. Seating for the 1 p.m. lectures is limited and available on a first-come basis.

Mangrove Gathering
Second Friday of every other month (Jan, March ) at Rutenberg Park 7:30pm
6490 South Pointe Blvd (the former Rutenberg Library)between College Parkway and Cypress Lake Boulevard

Florida Yards & Neighborhoods (FYN) Program Introductory Classes

Learn the nine principles that guide Florida friendly landscaping in Lee County. Plant selection and placement, efficient irrigation,
proper mulching and techniques to obtain a beautiful and healthy yard will be discussed.

Classes at Rotary Park in SW Cape Coral & Rutenberg Park
in Fort Myers.
Also Rain Barrel Construction Workshops, conducted throughout the year, get ready for the dry season! Call 549-4606 to sign up