Past Events › Nature + Wildlife

Join Rookery Bay and partners in January for a month-full of online activities, presentations and virtual adventures for nature and bird lovers everywhere! With a Festival of Birds’ Pass, participants will get exclusive access to ALL Festival of Birds’ activities including eight expert speaker presentations, virtual birding experiences broadcast live from the birding hot spots in Southwest Florida and other live-streaming nature activities. Also, all Festival of Birds’ passholders receive 20% off kayak tours during the month of January!

Rookery Bay Research Reserve's Family Campout is the perfect way to get familiar with tent camping while staying safe, local and socially distant! Families can experience the outdoors while also enjoying some fun, socially distant activities. Each family will be assigned their own campsite with a maximum of 8 people per site. This is a non-campfire campout. Participants are required to bring their own camping gear. The Rookery Bay Education Team will be on hands with nature activities and cool…

Join Rookery Bay Research Reserve for a guided boat tour or kayak adventure into the beautiful waters of Rookery Bay Reserve. With our kayak tours, guests paddle through beautiful mangrove tunnels, teeming mudflats and intricate oyster reefs while searching for amazing wildlife like sea stars, large snails, birds, dolphins and manatees! Our boat tours are small 6-passenger boats and offer a comfortable and informative ride. Guests can choose from different tours including a shelling trip to a deserted a barrier island or…

Activities and special discounts throughout the month! Rediscover Rookery Bay throughout the month of September. Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and reserves around the country celebrate the importance of estuaries (where rivers meet the sea) with special activities for all ages on-site at the Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center and with discounts on eco-tours by boat and kayak led by biologists. It will culminate with a big celebration at the Environmental Learning Center on Saturday, September 25, 2021, 9…

• Mini Guided-Boat Tours – $20 per person Pre-registration Required. (Free entrance to the Environmental Learning Center with purchase of boat tour) - Registration for boat tours open Sept. 7th at RookeryBay.org/#estuariesday • Kid’s Crafts and Guided Activities • “What’s Under the Microscope” Labs for all ages • Interactive Trivia • Scavenger Hunt • “Rediscover Rookery Bay” Film Festival • Discounts in Nature Store • Touch Tank Estuary Encounter • Feed the Fish with the Aquarist • Guided exhibits by…