Penguin Awareness Day
Plan to wear black and white on Wednesday or a tuxedo would be a great conversation starter if you really want to increase the awareness of penguins.
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Wild Nights Lecture Series – The Great Egret
Join a local birding expert who will tell you the story of the Great Egret. This beautiful bird is the Wild Amelia Nature Festival spotlight critter for 2010.
Wild Night Lecture Series – Sea Turtles
Mary Duffy, Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch, Inc., will reveal the intriguing practices of these endangered reptiles that visit our beaches every year.
Wild Nights Lecture Series – Right Whale
In this FREE event, Katie Jackson with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will tell you all about this majestic marine mammal.
Wild Nights Lecture Series – Owls
Wild Nights Lecture Series – Owls of Amelia Island
Cicadas are Loud on Amelia Island
The unbelievably loud sounds are coming from the cicada, an insect. Often their song is so loud it is difficult to carry on a conversation.
Black Bear Stalks Amelia Island
SearchAmelia’s local Pirate Bears, Ferdinand and Emilio went all over Fernandina Beach to see if they could find the allusive black bear, which is reported to be about four foot tall, and weighs in at about 150 pounds.