As part of the Museum in the Parks program we took students and adults on a tour of Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park with Ian Ausprey, a Ph.D. student in the Florida Museum’s Ordway Lab of Ecosystem Conservation.

Explore the park and Florida’s many species of birds with these videos as a starting point for your own adventure! The Museum in the Parks program connects natural history education with explorations of our natural world. We host specific events and also offer videos, materials and kits to support self-guided tours of some of our state’s parks.

Learn About Birds at the Prairie!

Learn How Scientists Use Bird Collections!

The Birds of Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park

Learn how to make a gliding contraption with strange looking wings!


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