GINLC Newsletter: Welcome Spring 2007

GINLC would like to welcome our visitors to the Nature Area for another year of exciting exploration. Many of our members and friends are very familiar with this property and have proudly reported their sightings and compliments to the hosts who welcomed them. As stewards of the 40.5 acres, we continue to provide a great learning experience to the Young and Mature, considering the little financial resources we have and with the guidelines we have to follow, set by the EPA.

From one year to another, one can see the small, donated trees maturing, the grasses and wildflower seedlings creating a meadow, and notice which species occupy the birdhouses. It you are there at the right day in late May you will be able to see the Spotted Gar Pikes spawning along the seaplane pad. We are fortunate that the GI airport allows our visitors to walk the causeway and have a wonderful view of Gibraltar Bay and the causeway pond.

Do you wish to become a birder? Every first Saturday from May, through October 10 AM to noon we will have a volunteer, willing to walk with interested visitors to assist them in the identification of birds. For the little folks, binoculars have been donated by the National Wildlife Federation.