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Wild Amelia Nature Festival 2012

Are you a nature lover? Do you love taking photos of nature? Well then, plan to attend the Wild Amelia Nature Festival happening in May 2012 (plus special FREE “Wild Nite” seminars being held monthly in Fernandina Beach leading up to the event). Learn about Amelia Island’s birds and lots more!

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Amelia Island Nature: Seasonal “Snow” Flurries, Red Berries

Telltale signs of seasonal changes are evident around the seaside landscape. Coastal nature tells the story of winter’s approach on this northeast Florida barrier island. It’s been flurrying around Amelia Island, especially near Egans Greenway in Fernandina Beach. Anyone who’s been along Jasmine Street between the beach and Citrona Avenue has seen the white flurries floating on the breeze, crossing from one side of the Greenway to the other.  A sea island’s “snow.”  

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North Atlantic Right Whale, Calf (photo courtesy NOAA)

Amelia Island Nature: Rare, Endangered Right Whales in Northeast Florida

One of the world’s most endangered marine animals arrives here annually during whale calving season. North Atlantic right whales may be spotted by mariners in the waters near Amelia Island usually beginning around December each year. Pregnant right whales make a long journey — more than 1,000 miles from the cold waters of Canada and America’s New England — to warmer waters in South Carolina, Georgia and northeast Florida.

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Learn More About Florida’s Coastal Nature

Love nature and being outdoors? Want to better understand Florida’s coastal and marine ecosystem? Take a Florida Master Naturalist course to learn more about Florida’s coastal plants and wildlife.

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Colorful Male Painted Bunting Amelia Island, Florida

Birder Alert! Beautiful Painted Buntings on Amelia Island

What’s North America’s most colorful song bird? The male Painted Bunting, vivid blue, red, and green. Lucky Amelia islanders have the opportunity to get a glimpse of this beautiful wild bird species right here in Fernandina Beach.

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Plum Orchard, Carnegie Mansion Circa 1898 on Cumberland Island, Georgia

Van Tours of Captivating Cumberland, America’s Wilderness Island

The “Lands and Legacies Tour” of Cumberland Island, GA departs depart daily, with vans accessing more remote areas of this wilderness island that, until now, were difficult for the public to reach. Highlights of the tour are Plum Orchard, a Carnegie mansion, the remains of Robert Stafford’s plantation, and “The Settlement,” along with a tiny church that became famous as the location of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’s wedding.

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Florida Pink Plumes & Blooms: Roseate Spoonbills, Saltmarsh Mallow

Pink Plumes & Blooms: Spoonbills, Saltmarsh Mallow

Observe nature’s pink in plumes and blooms by venturing into Egans Greenway this summer in Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island, Florida. It’s one of the best spots on the island for birdwatching and native wildflowers.

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