Nature Center

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COMING UP AT A GLANCE

October 2022

03 9:00 am Nature Trails Meeting NC 10 9:oo am Addison Trail Maintenance-Trailhead 12 9:00 am Addison Trail Hike-Trailhead 12 9:30 am Nature Center BOD Meeting NC

17 9:00am Betty Salter Trail MaintenanceTrailhead on Nature Trail

22 10:00 am -2:00 pm Fall Fun Day-”Whooo’s Day” NC

LIB– Library NC—Nature Center PM—Plantation Manor PV—Pavilion NATURE TRAILS MEETING

Monday, October 3 at 9:00 am

Calling volunteers and all who are interested in helping with our hiking trails. Come and learn about our nine trails and how we maintain them. This Trail Team meeting will be held at the Nature Center. Betty Salter

TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND GUIDED NATURE HIKES

Trail maintenances and guided nature hikes are listed below with meeting locations. Long pants, long sleeves, hiking shoes/boots, insect repellant, sunscreen and water are recommended. For trail maintenance, please bring gloves, a rake or loppers and for hikes, you may want binoculars and/or a camera. To volunteer for trail maintenance or for any questions, please text Betty Salter at 321-223-8073 or you may send her an email at bettysalter@hotmail.com. Unless otherwise

noted, meet at each respective trail’s trailhead on the golf cart nature trail. TRAIL MAINTENANCES Mondays, October 10 and 17 at 9:00 am

10/10—Addison Trail @ Trailhead 10/17—Bety Salter West Trail @ Trailhead

GUIDED NATURE HIKES Wednesdays, October 12 and 26 at 9:00 am

10/12—Addison Trail @ Trailhead 10/26—Betty Salter West Trail @ Trailhead

NATURE TRIVIA QUESTION

What time of year do Bobcats mate? The nature trivia answer can be found under “Contacts” on the next page.

NATURE CENTER BOD MEETING

Wednesday, October 12 at 9:30 am

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on the Nature Center enclosed porch..

FALL FUN DAY-WHOOO’S DAY

Saturday, October 22 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Come one come all to the Fall Fun Day at the Nature Center in TGO Saturday, October 22, 2022. Become a member or renew your membership with the Nature Center. Sandy Juba, our Mother Nature, will be there to talk with you about the benefits of membership. Meet Susan Boorse and her friends whooooo are so special. Learn about bats and bat houses from Arial Horner, Florida Bat Conservancy. Discover all the wonderful products that come from bees and purchase local raw honey, Katie and Kameron’s Kandles of Bill’s Professional Bee Removal. Becky Bolt retired wildlife biologist will be available to answer questions about wildlife, including birds, gopher tortoise, and snakes found in our area. She will also have her book “My First Birder’s Life List” available to purchase. Play games and enjoy a sweet treat. This will be a fun day for all…see you there! Call or text Betty Salter at 321-223-8073 with any questions. Children under 12

years old must be accompanied by an adult. Sorry pets

are not allowed at the Family Fall Fun Day. Betty Salter

THANK YOU NATURE CENTER VOLUNTEERS!

The Nature Center is very fortunate to have volunteers who remain at TGO in the summer and take care of the year-round responsibilities and we have volunteers who are away from TGO but still work on Nature Center activities. A big Nature Center THANK YOU to all our volunteers who kept the Nature Center engine running this summer! We truly appreciate you!

THANK YOU GEORGE AND KAREN MATTILA!

We want to thank George and Karen Mattila for purchasing and installing a new gutter system for the lawn mower shed. It should help the flooding in that area that we have been experiencing. Sandy Juba

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The Nature Center at The Great Outdoors The Nature Center at The Great Outdoors is a 501(c)(3) non-profit self-supporting organization. Donations may be tax deductible.

SNAKE RESCUE!

While working on the nature trail with Firewise one of our team found a scarlet kingsnake on a small palm tree we were working on. When it fell out of the tree into a bed of large ants I picked it up and after sharing it with the crew released it on another cabbage palm. Betty Salter Editor’s Note: Betty Salter created an awesome “Snakes Of The Great Outdoors” tri-fold brochure. When you open the first flap, you can see a side by side comparison of the non-venomous Scarlet Kingsnake and the venomous Coral Snake. The brochures are on the round oak table in the Nature Center Library. They are a perfect size to carry in your golf cart.

Bring any brand of used ink cartridges (we no longer accept the large toner cartridges) for us to recycle and help defray some of our supplies, printing and mailing costs. Please put cartridges on the Nature Center library desk as it has an acrylic top covering it to protect it. By putting the cartridges in a used plastic grocery bag also helps to protect our assets from cartridge leaks. Please call Sandy Juba at 321-543-0502 with any questions. Thank you!

NATURE CENTER MEMBERS-ONLY PUBLICATIONS

Nature Center members were emailed the October 2022 calendar of events on September 24. They will be sent the Fall 2022 issue of “Nature Chat” by email or “snail mail” on October 1. If any member does do not receive the calendar or “Nature Chat,” please contact Darlene Durham at 321-747-5874 or email her at darlenedurham@yahoo.com.

HELP THE NATURE CENTER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

The Nature Center is an “Amazon Smile” non-profit organization. When you shop on Amazon, go to smile.amazon.com, choose Nature Center at The Great Outdoors as your preferred charity then make your purchases. It is the “same products, same prices and same service” as Amazon but Amazon Smile will donate 0.5% of your qualified purchases to the Nature Center! This program does not cost the buyer. Please remember the Nature Center as you do your Amazon holiday shopping!

USED INK CARTRIDGES

NATURE CENTER NEW MEMBER PROMOTION!

Join now as a new member for 2023 and receive free member benefits for the rest of 2022! We will need $10 cash per person (please no checks as we will hold the cash until January to keep our per year records straight-it makes Uncle Sam happy but you will enjoy all the member benefits for the rest of this year. Member benefits are listed below. Membership applications are in the Nature Center library or you can access it online by going to www.tgonaturecenter.org and click on the “Get Involved” tab and choose “Membership.” Contact our Membership Committee Chairperson, Sandy Juba at 321-543-0502 or sjubatgo@gmail.com. Join the fun and support this unique TGO amenity!

NATURE CENTER MEMBER BENEFITS

Being a Nature Center member supports the Nature Center organization financially and in return our members enjoy these unique benefits:  Members-only/members-first events  Our quarterly members-only newsletter "Nature

Chat" (in season)  Electronic delivery via email of the monthly Nature

Center events calendar (in season)  Weekly "Next Week With Nature" emails with a reminder of Nature Center activities occurring in the upcoming week (in season)  A vote in the Board of Directors election  A significant voice in helping to decide the future direction of the TGO Nature Center  Laminating service - we have a laminating machine to laminate Nature Center members' documents such as an insurance card, etc.  Ability to stay active with volunteer opportunities with like minded nature lovers.

CONTACTS

Editor/Lead Writer

Sightings Around TGO

Nature Center Website

Nature Shows/Slideshows

Nature Center Facebook Group

Darlene Durham 321-268-0199/321-747-5874

darlenedurham@yahoo.com

August. through can take place from November Primarily winter, though mating

Nature Trivia Answer Injured Animals Nature Center Membership Activities & Volunteering Assist in Selling Large Items Used Recycled Ink Cartridges

Sandy Juba-321-543-0502

sjubatgo@gmail.com Schedule Meeting Room M/W/F am and T/TH pm

Cory Lucas-321-264-2393

Other Meeting Room Days and Times and Enclosed Porch

Loretta Anne’ -321-385-9667

Your 2023 Nature Center Calendar Is Now Available!

Click Here to View the Calendar This full-color production showcases images by TGO’s award- winning photographer, Robin Francis. Each month features one of Robin’s beautiful bird images.

ORDER YOUR CALENDAR NOW

100% of proceeds go to The Nature Center Calendars Have Arrived - Ready for Delivery! One Calendar is $10 Buy a package of fi ve or more at $7 each

Order your calendar by Email. Simply provide us your name, address and quantity of calendars and we will deliver the calendars to your TGO address and you can pay upon delivery. Email your order to: cindy@541marketing.com