Limited Spaces Available For ‘Ding’ Days Bunche Beach Tours

A limited number of spots remain for two free “Ding” Darling Days Bunche

Beach Birding Tram tours. Reservations and a refundable deposit are

required. Call 472-8900 as soon as possible, because space fills up quickly.

Times and dates for the two trips coordinate with low tides. Both tours will be by

tram departing from the JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge. The first leaves

from the refuge flagpole at the Education Center on Monday, October 15 at 8 a.m.

and returns around 11 a.m. Another on Friday, October 19 departs at 11:30 a.m.

and returns at 2:30 p.m.

Transportation is compliments of Tarpon Bay Explorers. Knowledgeable birding

experts lead the tour and provide spotting scopes to use.

For more information on other birding tours and eco-events during the 23rd

Annual “Ding” Darling Days, held October 14 to 20, visit www.dingdarlingdays.com.

“Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge sponsors “Ding” Darling Days

along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Tarpon Bay Explorers and support

from local businesses and individuals.

“Ding” Darling Days 2012 sponsors include:

Roseate Spoonbill – Doc Ford’s Sanibel Rum Bar & Grill

Great Egret – Ocean’s Reach Condominiums, The Timbers Restaurant & Fish Market

Great Blue Heron – Bailey’s General Store, Caloosa Tent & Rental, Casa Ybel

Resort, Island Sun, Jerry’s Foods, Sanibel Captiva Community Bank, Sanibel Captiva

Trust Company, Jim and Patty Sprankle, West Wind Inn

Reddish Egret – Mike and Terry Baldwin, Big Red Q Quickprint, Art and Susan

Cassell, Cedar Chest Fine Jewelry, Florida Weekly, LCEC, RLR Investments,

Rochester Resorts, Sandalfoot Condos, Sanibel-Captiva Kiwanis Club

Snowy Egret – Barefoot Charley’s Painting, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary

Program (CHNEP), Congress Jewelers, Dan Hahn Custom Builders, Denny’s, George &

Wendy’s Seafood Grille, Good Wheels, Grounds By Greenways, Gulf Breeze Cottages,

Heidrick & Co. Insurance, Mast Family Culligan, Nave Plumbing, Over Easy Café,

Panther Printing, Royal Shell Vacations, Sanibel Art & Frame, Anne and Jim Scott, She

Sells Seashells, Winston and Barbara Spurgeon, Suncatchers’ Dream, Thistle Lodge

As a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, DDWS works to support J.N. “Ding” Darling

National Wildlife Refuge’s mission of conservation, wildlife and habitat protection, research,

and public education through charitable donations and Refuge Nature Shop proceeds.

To support DDWS and the refuge with a tax-deductible gift, visit www.dingdarlingsociety.org or contact Birgie Vertesch at 292-0566, 472-1100 ext. 4 or dingdarlingsociety@gmail.com.