January |
- Good time for viewing wintering waterfowl and shorebirds in coastal areas
- Small game hunting begins
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February |
- Peak of bald eagle nesting
- Osprey nesting begins
- Night hunting for raccoons, Friday and Saturday nights during February
- Small game hunting ends
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March |
- FAVOR
-- Annual Meeting and Refuge Openhouse
- Join the
Ranger for a Florida Archaeology Month Program
- Return of the swallow-tailed kites
- Spring bird migration
- Spring wild turkey season opens
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April |
- Spring wild turkey season
- Peak of songbird spring migration
- Earth Day
- Cedar Key Spring Arts Festival
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May |
- International Migratory Bird Day
- Peak of breeding bird activity
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June through August |
- Good time to explore the Suwannee River or Gulf of Mexico by boat
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July |
- Hunt Brochures available on-line, by mail or phone
- Openhouse
July 5th, at Seahorse Key to celebrate a successful rookery
year
- Hunt Brochcures
available on-line, local tax office and by calling the refuge
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August |
- Last days to apply for lottery hunts.
- Peak shorebird fall migration
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September |
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October
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- National Wildlife Refuge Week!
- Archery
hunting season
- Muzzleloader hunting season
- Open
House - Seahorse
Key Lighthouse Free
to public, must obtain transportation to the island.
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November |
- Muzzleloader hunting season
- General gun hunting season
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December |
- Audubon Christmas
Bird Count
- FREE
Youth Hunt - check back for dates
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