CFC Field Trip Images

 Enjoy photographic opportunities, seminars, workshops, and meeting members from around the world.   
September 24 through 27

Hotel:
Holiday Inn Portland- Columbia Riverfront
909 N Hayden Island Dr, Portland, OR 97217 

Florida State Park is a showcase for   1650 acres of various wetland habitats with wide berm roads throughout. Created by the City of Orlando Public Works Department, Water Reclamation Division, to provide advanced treatment for reclaimed water. 

Florida State Park is a showcase for Florida's native wildlife in a natural setting of woods and wetlands. Stroll along the Wildlife Walk to view black bears, foxes, river otters, bobcats, key deer and hundreds of birds. 

 The preserve has been designated as a Great Florida Birding Trail site, a program of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Sites are selected for their excellent birdwatching, wildlife viewing, or educational opportunities.  

One of Florida’s best-loved state parks, Honeymoon Island has more than four miles of beach to explore along with a three-mile trail through one of the last remaining virgin slash pine forests.

 The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park is one of Florida 's oldest continuously running attractions. A variety of reptiles, mammals and birds. 

 Circle B Bar Reserve, on the northwest shore of Lake Hancock, is a  former cattle ranch that today boasts a wide variety of plants and  animals. You can see several distinct ecosystems in this reserve of  1,267 acres.  

 Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is located near Homosassa  Springs, Florida, in the United States. The park is one of the notable  locations in the state to view manatees. Visitors can get close to the  animals on a floating observatory.  

 St. Augustine Alligator Farm.  Native herons, egrets, spoonbills, and wood storks seek the security of our Alligator Swamp to roost and raise their young. With hundreds of alligators swimming beneath the oak branches, the birds know their young are safe from tree-climbing predators.   

 Circle B Bar Reserve is a nature reserve  Polk County and the Southwest Florida Water Management District acquired  Circle B Bar Reserve in December 2000 to protect the valuable water and  wildlife resources and to restore the Banana Creek marsh system. 

South-southwest of St. Petersburg, Florida, Fort De Soto Park is on five offshore keys. Historically, used for military fortifications.  There are currently 328 species of birds and more are being added every year.  

Circle B Bar Reserve, on the northwest shore of Lake Hancock, a reserve of 1,267 acres. Thousands of migrating birds recognize it as a great place to vacation and is home to otter, bobcat, armadillo, fox and many species of insects and reptiles.  

One of Florida’s oldest and largest parks of protected unspoiled wetlands, dry prairies, hammocks, and pine lands. Florida’s first state-designated park with a wild and scenic river, flowing through 58 unspoiled square miles.

Edward Bok, presented his Singing Tower, the gardens, & reflection pool to America as a way of expressing his gratitude for the many opportunities this country had presented him. A national historic landmark is on the highest point in Florida.

The Downtown Sarasota Campus on Sarasota Bay is the only botanical garden in the world dedicated to the display and study of epiphytic orchids, bromeliads, gesneriads and ferns, and other tropical plants. 

Native American Festival, is a major event that draws spectators from all over the state, Festivities begin each day with traditional dance and drum group performing traditional tribal songs dating back many generations. 

The island  is small enough you hardly need binoculars for a clear view of the birds. You can walk around the edge of the lake and watch bird activity on all sides of the island.

Located in Lakeland. A series of berms lets you hike through the wetlands and view wildlife. The area is particularly good for birds,Alligators and otters.                 

Gatorland’s boardwalks provide birders and photographers with close access to these incredible birds, allowing people to safely observe them and capture stunning photographs.

Central Arts District in Downtown St Petersburg is home to an ever-growing number of incredibly beautiful murals by talented artists for everyone to enjoy. .