Spoonbill Season at Fellsmere Stick Marsh & Lunch at the Historic Marsh Landing

Total Area: .92 acres uplands, 1.55 acres water

Focal Species: Roseate spoonbills, great egret, snowy egret, tricolored herons, anhinga

Stick Marsh CWA includes two tree islands in the St. John’s Water Management Area’s Stick Marsh/Farm 13 Reservoir in Fellsmere, west of Vero Beach. Hundreds of state-imperiled roseate spoonbills and tricolored herons join snowy and great egrets to nest from January to July each year. At sunset, thousands of wading birds fly into the islands to roost.
This is followed by a Florida Book Shop and quaint artifacts store for a short visit before lunch.
Stick Marsh CWA is adjacent to T.M. Goodwin Wildlife Management Area, a site along the Great Florida Birding Trail. It is easily viewed from shore.

Why so early?
"If you wait until 10 am you miss a lot, the changing light, the active birds, the UV's are strongest, and often the winds are picking up without warning, forming white caps. Best times are early morning, when the waters are likely to be calmer.
taken from the book Reflections of Blue Cypress, Richard and Juanita Baker, Ph.D.
You can bring a folding chair along for the two hour viewing portion in the morning. Photographers usually stand and their are some benches but a chair might be more convenient.

## Experience Old Florida Cuisine and History

Located in the beautifully restored Fellsmere Estates Building, Marsh Landing offers a truly unique dining experience.Guests can submerse themselves in traditional Florida cuisine, hospitality and history. Enjoy generous portions of hand-made local specialties with everything from frog legs, catfish and gator tail, fried green tomatoes and swamp cabbage, to hand-cut Angus steaks, finger-licking good ribs and homemade desserts. Marsh Landing has become a local favorite and a must-dine experience for anyone passing through.
After Lunch see the headwaters of the St Johns River at beautiful Lake Blue Cypress.
Bonus Stop- https://www.yeoledavisfarms.com/

Leave Suntree Red Ginger @7am
Leave Bass Outlet Stick Marsh themed store Palm Bay Road @7:30 am returning around 3:30pm

Members $50 Guests $55 includes Transportation. Sightseeing, Birdwatching and Driving Tour.

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