VERO BEACH — The First Annual Treasure Coast Birding Festival will feature a keynote speech by Bob Montanaro.
Bob is a native Floridian and grew up in Vero Beach. He holds a B.A. in history from the University of Central Florida and an M.A. in U.S. History from Florida State University.
More importantly, from our point of view, he is a long-time volunteer at both Pelican Island & Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuges and is the current office manager for the Pelican Island Audubon Society.
He has been interested in photography and wildlife, especially the osprey, all his life.
He maintains a website (http://www.OspreyWatch.org) which displays many of his photographs and lists his presentation schedule.
He is also leading a tour the next day (Sunday) to Treasure Hammock Ranch; tours are still available.
Cocktails will open at 6 p.m. with a silent auction, which benefits the Cultural Council of Indian River County and the Pelican Island Preservation Society.
This event will take place on Oct. 27 at the Vero Beach Elks Lodge, which is located at 1350 26th St.
The auction will close at 7:30 p.m., while the awards for the juried art show will be at 7:30 p.m. as well.
His lecture will begin at 8 p.m.
The cost for the dinner-lecture is $30 per person.
Please RSVP to the Cultural Council at (772) 770-4857 or [email protected].
