Field Trip Guidelines: Field trips are open to anyone interested in birding. Non-members are welcome.  All trips are free unless the locale has an entrance fee or a charge for parking. We recommend sturdy shoes, comfortable clothing, insect repellent, sunscreen, and water or other suitable beverages. Please reserve your spot as indicated below so that you are informed of any change in plan.

Red-cockaded Woodpeckers and Other Forest Breeding Birds, Croom Tract, Withlacoochee State Forest

Saturday, April 5, 2024

Make reservations here.

For more information, contact Bev: bevalhansen@gmail.com or 352-686-0460. (Cell phone on the day of the trip: 352-442-5598.)

At 6:45 a.m., park on the south side of the intersection of Croom Road and Trail 7. There is a wood corral there and an open area for parking. Trail 7 is 7 miles east of U.S. 41. Croom Road is on the north side of Brooksville, Hernando County. We will walk through brush, so wear long pants and closed-toed shoes. Rest rooms and drinking water are a mile away. We will see Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, Bachman's Sparrows, and perhaps early spring migrants.