Root Awakening Homestead · Fountain, Florida
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Community Event

Veterans Park Rookery Bird Walk

Guided walk through a heron rookery to observe and identify local birds; over 240 species migrate through the area, and the site lies on the Monarch butterfly migration path.

Thursday, October 1, 2026

8:30 AM CT / 9:30 AM ET · Ends 9:30 AM (America/Chicago)

Veterans Park Rookery, Okaloosa Island (meet at NE corner of Destin-Fort Walton Beach Convention Center parking lot) · Okaloosa County

Organizer: CLL of Fort Walton Beach / Choctawhatchee Audubon Society (guide: Jim Anderton)

Cost: $10