SEVAS Hopes Purple Martins Return to Nest on MDC Campus

SEVAS Hopes Purple Martins Return to Nest on MDC Campus

By Lisa D. Mickey The gourds are up! And now, the Southeast Volusia Audubon Society (SEVAS) chapter is ready for the purple martins to move in. As part of its Purple Martin Project, SEVAS held the third annual “Gourd Raising” ceremony adjacent to the bird garden on ...
Flamingos May Be Seen in a Waterbody Near You

Flamingos May Be Seen in a Waterbody Near You

By Lisa D. Mickey It was long thought that American flamingos were a species you could only see in a zoo, the Yucatan Peninsula or in The Everglades if you were really lucky. As it turns out, when Hurricane Idalia hit the west coast of Florida in late August, a...
MDC’s Composting Bins Continue to Serve Community

MDC’s Composting Bins Continue to Serve Community

Marine Discovery Center has proudly participated in a community composting program for a number of years and hopes more local residents will become aware of our program during International Composting Awareness Week! The goal of the national and international...
Ospreys Finally Appear to Be Using Nesting Platform

Ospreys Finally Appear to Be Using Nesting Platform

By Lisa D. Mickey It’s only taken about eight years, but a pair of ospreys appear to be settling in on the osprey nesting platform that was installed at MDC during spring 2015.  Our Conservation Science Coordinator, Tess Sailor-Tynes, snapped this photo last...
Students Experience MDC Field Trips Through Grant Program

Students Experience MDC Field Trips Through Grant Program

by Lisa D. Mickey Marine Discovery Center’s mission of coastal ecosystem education and conservation was fully experienced by nearly 500 elementary students during a special program in late 2022. Three third-grade classes of boys and girls from Volusia County Title I...
Right Whale Presentation Set for January 2023

Right Whale Presentation Set for January 2023

Right Whales When: Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. Where: Marine Discovery Center, 520 Barracuda Blvd, NSB, 32169 Cost: FREE | Register online Marine Discovery Center will kick off its 2023 monthly Public Lecture Series with an annual January update on North...