Events

Join the festival and celebration of the 25th Space Coast and Birding Wildlife Festival. The official festival bird in 2024 will be the Sandhill Crane, chosen because cranes represent aspiration, travel, open mindedness, and inspire us to honor the miracles of nature around us. That is the Space Coast’s birding claim to fame – the abundance and variety of habitats and birds we love to show off in January!

Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival runs from January 24 to 28.

Visit Merritt Island Wildlife Association in the Expo Center. Expo Centers Hours of Operation - Wednesday, January 24 - Friday, January 26, 2024 12:00PM-6PM. Saturday, January 27, 2024, is 10AM-6PM.

25th Space Coast and Birding Wildlife Festival will be held Jan 24 to 28. The official festival bird in 2024 will be the Sandhill Crane, chosen because cranes represent aspiration, travel, open mindedness, and inspire us to honor the miracles of nature around us. That is the Space Coast’s birding claim to fame – the abundance and variety of habitats and birds we love to show off in January!
Expo Centers Hours of Operation - Wednesday, January 24 - Friday, January 26, 2024 12:00PM-6PM. Saturday, January 27, 2024, is 10AM-6PM. Visit the Merritt Island Wildlife Association booth in the Expo Center. Registration, field trip schedules, and pricing can be found on the Event Organizers' website at https://scbwa.net/

Merritt Island Wildlife Association will be participating in the 12th Annual Pioneer Day Festival.
Visit our booth and plan to attend Board Member Laurilee Thompson's presentation.

Celebrate Leap Year with Merritt Island Wildlife Association (MIWA) at Texas Roadhouse Viera between 5 to 8pm, February 29, 2024. Be part of Dine to Donate by mentioning MIWA to your server and dropping your dining receipt in the basket as you exit. The restaurant will donate 10% of all food purchases to help us...

Merritt Island Wildlife Association will have a booth at the 2024 Grant Seafood Festival on Sat March 2 (9am - 7pm) and Sun March 3, 2024, (9am-5pm). Come visit and bring a friend.  We will have merchandise for sale from our own Nature's Treasures Gift Shop.

Visit the Merritt Island Wildlife Association (MIWA) booth at the Pollinator Fair. We will be hosting 2 butterfly walks, led by Ed Perry. Butterfly Walks will leave from the MIWA booth at 12pm and 2pm (no advance registration required, just show up). Our booth will have educational merchandise for sales and pollinator resource guides including...

MIWA will have a booth at the 2024 Thousand Islands Fest at Cocoa Beach Country Club Pool Pavilion on Saturday March 16, 2024, from 10:30am-6:00pm. You won't want to miss Laurilee Thompson's (MIWA Board of Directors Vice President) talk, "The Importance of Estuarine Shoreline" at 2:15pm.  Mark your calendar now!

Following up on the huge success of "Beer with a Biologist", Merritt Island Wildlife Association will again be partnering with Playalinda Brewing Co. for "Happy Hour for Habitat" at the Playalinda Hardware Store location.  Learn about the variety of habitat at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and enter free raffles for wildlife and habitat merchandise. ...

Join Merritt Island Wildlife Association for a delicious meal at World Famous Dixie Crossroads in Titusville, FL, on Tuesday April 2, 2024.  The restaurant will donate 10% of all food purchases to help us preserve shorelines, wetlands, salt marsh, and other vital habitat at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. MIWA will have displays, educational...

Details Event is being co-hosted by Space Coast Audubon and Merritt Island Wildlife Association Gopher Tortoise Day April 10th was officially adopted by the Gopher Tortoise Council as Gopher Tortoise Day! In Florida, gopher tortoises are found in parts of all 67 counties and are frequently encountered in neighborhoods, along roadways, and in many of Florida’s public...

  Butterfly Walks are Back! Merritt Island Wildlife Association (MIWA) and Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program invite you to our Spring Series of Butterfly Walks Flutter with excitement! Join us for a fascinating exploration of the butterfly life cycle and the importance of native plants. Our program will start with a short education session to...

Authors Blair and Dawn Witherington will be at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (MINWR) Visitor's Center, for a Meet & Greet and Book Signing for their highly acclaimed book, Florida's Living Beaches. Book signing and meet & greet will be at 10am.  If you purchase a copy of Florida's Living Beaches at this event,...