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.

Heartwood Preserve

Saturday, March 22, 2025

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.)

West Pasco Audubon President Christine Rowland will lead us as we explore Heartwood Preserve, which has both cypress wetlands and longleaf pine flatwoods. We hope to see or hear Brown-headed Nuthatch, Northern Bobwhite, Bachman’s Sparrow, etc. Later we may make an optional stop at another nearby birding site.

Directions: Heartwood Preserve is at 4100 Starkey Blvd., New Port Richey, FL. From the intersection of De Cubellis Road in New Port Richey, Pasco County, drive south 3.2 miles on Starkey Blvd. Heartwood Preserve is on the east side of the road, with a large sign. But it’s best to locate it with GPS, since it’s important to slow down on the approach from the southbound lane of Starkey Blvd because the turn is quite sharp, and vehicles may be coming in the opposite direction.