Tropical Audubon Society

Tropical Audubon Society has been leading South Florida bird walks, championing wildlife, protecting Biscayne Bay and the Everglades since our 1947 founding, with our roots dating back even earlier. As the official local chapter of National Audubon, we are among Miami’s most esteemed non-profit environmental organizations.

Known as “South Florida’s Voice of Conservation,” we’ve been on the frontlines of environmental protection for decades — standing strong against contamination of our drinking water, defending the Urban Development Boundary, and advocating for the protection of Endangered Species and the preservation of our region’s Globally Critically Imperiled Pine Rockland habitat.

Your gift will support our crucial local conservation efforts, help us expand our “Plants for Birds” initiatives, count birds for science, grow our award-winning Tropical Audubon Ambassador education program, as well as our new High School Ambassador Program and Chirp!, our new program for disadvantaged youth, and help us advocate for Everglades restoration and Biscayne Bay health.

We’re also engaged in preserving our historic 1932 Doc Thomas House headquarters, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and also a Florida Heritage Site and a Dade County Historic Landmark. The charming cottage is framed by our wooded Steinberg Nature Center grounds — a 2.2 acre oasis dominated by Pine Rockland and Hardwood Hammock demonstration forests. Our campus serves as the backdrop for Bird-friendly Gardening Days, Bird Walks, Conservation Concerts, Members Migration, and the annual Bird Day and Go-Native Plant Sale events.