Autumn intern
Corkscrew
Swamp Sanctuary
Along the
Along the
Boardwalk
Boardwalk
www.corkscrew.audubon.org
Outdoor Education Center dedicated
Two very special
volunteers were honored on
Tuesday, September 12, with
the dedication of the Weslyn
Strickland Outdoor Education
Center south of the library.
Weslyn and Henry
Strickland, 10-year veterans
of innumerable up-front and
behind-the-scenes projects,
were recognized for their
unending support of Cork-
screw’s youth and adult
education programs.
Grant received for volunteer workshop
Corkscrew has been awarded
funding to provide an interpretive
workshop for volunteers and staff.
Watch for announcements for
the proposed mid-October date.
The Corkscrew Classroom
FGCU field trips are eye-opening visits
September brings hundreds of
Florida Gulf Coast University
Environmental Colloquium students
and professors. The colloquium, a
required course for graduation, pro-
vides students with an ecolological
perspective and understanding of
Southwest Florida’s natural systems,
models of sustainable practices and
includes a service-learning project.
Corkscrew is miles away from
the hustle and bustle of the college
campus. To the students, Corkscrew
seems to be in the “middle of
nowhere,” and they are initially
hesitant to come. That feeling
disappears once they’ve experienced
the sanctuary with their classmates.
Our diverse volunteer and intern
team enables students to identify
with naturalists who have had
interesting and varied careers but who
also understand the importance of a
healthy environment and who have
The workshop will be six hours,
free to volunteers, and conducted by
Kris Whipple, a nationally certified
interpretive trainer. Enrollment is
limited to the first 30 to sign up.
personal connections to the natural
world. Students begin to recognize
and identify ways that environmental
issues directly affect them as citizens,
and how they in turn impact the
health of our watershed.
If you would like to join the
volunteer and staff naturalists
assisting these groups, please contact
Rebecca Beck at rbeck@audubon.org.
Classes visit September, October,
January, February, May and June.
There will be two separate trainings,
offered on January 9 and January 11,
to discuss the program and field trip
protocol.
Conservation Collier
If you’re a Collier County
registered voter, be sure to vote to
renew Conservation Collier in the
November election.
September, 2006
Jessica Shively interned at
Corkscrew three years ago. Now, she
is back for a second year.
Jessica earned her bachelor’s
degree in natural resource manage-
ment in 2003 from Ferrum College.
After leaving Corkscrew, she moved
to Houston, Texas, and worked as an
SCA intern for Hermann Park
Conservancy,
creating a working
tree inventory map
of the park. She also
worked as a part-time
employee at Armand
Bayou Nature Center
as the Animal Lab
supervisor.
“I am looking
forward to meeting
all the volunteers once again,” she
said, “and I hope that my second
time around will be as good as my
first.”
Volunteer Dates
Dec. 1...........Welcome back potluck
Dec. 16.............Christmas bird count
Mar. 24...............Recognition dinner
Fast ID Guide:
What’s an easy way to
distinguish between Viceroy
and Monarch butterflies?
1. Look at the top of the hind
(lower) wings: the Viceroy has a bar
that runs through the hind wing; the
Monarch doesn’t.
2. Viceroys won’t be far from
willows; Monarchs will be around
milkweed plants.
3. At Corkscrew, the Viceroy is
common; the Monarch isn’t. If you
don’t get a clear look at the TOP of
the hind wing, assume it’s a Viceroy.
viceroy monarch
 In Case a Visitor Asks
Can two cypress trees
grow into each other and
become one?
Answer: No way, not ever!
What appears to be two or some-
times three trunks growing from a
common base is just one tree.
It’s called advantitous
branching and is caused when a tree
is injured – for example, the top part
of the tree is blown off by a
hurricane – and the tree begins new
growth from the spot of the injury.
As long as the root system is in
tact and the whole trunk isn’t
destroyed, the cypress tree will
continue to live and grow.
Sometimes the new growth is in
the form of horizontal branches,
which is why some of the big trees
seem to be “flat topped” rather than
conical.
Other times, that growth is
vertical, giving the appearance of two
trees, as in the photo at the left.
If two trees are close to each
other and begin to rub, one tree may
grow a “callous” at the point of
friction to protect itself. That growth
may shape itself around the other
tree, but there is no union.
We can see this when a tree rubs
against the boardwalk railing and
begins to grow around the railing.
However, the tree and the railing
never merge.

August Sightings

A Prothonotary Warbler eats a fig from A Pigmy Rattlesnake squares off to face An Epidendrum nocturnum (Night-fragrant
the tree above the Box 5 bench at the the camera at the wildlife crossing – the Orchid) blooms near the shortcut trail
north lake (August 8). head is at the center bottom (August 18). (August 8).
Below is the list of species spotted by volunteers during August. For frequency of the sightings, go to the Corkscrew
web page (www.corkscrew.audubon.org) and click on “Wildlife.”
BIRDS BIRDS BIRDS BUTTERFLIES HERPS
Anhinga Hairy Woodpecker Louisiana Waterthrush sulphur spp. Pigmy Rattlesnake
Great Blue Heron Red-headed Woodpecker Cardinal Great White Sulphur Banded Water Snake
Great Egret Great-crested Flycatcher Boat-tailed Grackle Julia Peninsula Ribbon Snake
Snowy Egret Acadian Flycatcher Common Grackle Gray Hairstreak Black Racer
Little Blue Heron Tree Swallow Rough Green Snake
Green Heron Barn Swallow BUTTERFLIES MAMMALS Red Rat Snake
Black-crwn. Night Heron Blue Jay Yellow Rat Snake
White Ibis Tufted Titmouse Zebra Longwing Gray Squirrel
Gulf Fritillary Cottontail Rabbit Mud Turtle
Wood Stork Carolina Wren Peninsula Cooter
Wood Duck Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ruddy Daggerwing Marsh Rabbit
White Peacock River Otter Red-bellied Turtle
Black Vulture Mockingbird Soft-shelled Turtle
Turkey Vulture Brown Thrasher Viceroy Raccoon
Red-shouldered Hawk White-eyed Vireo Queen White-tailed Deer Pig Frog
Limpkin Red-eyed Vireo Black Swallowtail Leopard Frog
Mourning Dove Northern Parula Warbler Tiger Swallowtail HERPS Greenhouse Frog
Barred Owl Yellow-throated Warbler Giant Swallowtail Florida Cricket Frog
Alligator
Chimney Swift Pine Warbler Palamedes Swallowtail Little Grass Frog
Green Anole
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird Black-and-white Warbler Brazilian Skipper Green Treefrog
Brown Anole
Red-bellied Woodpecker American Redstart Long-tailed Skipper Cuban Treefrog
Five-lined Skink
Downy Woodpecker Prothonotary Warbler skipper spp.
Pileated Woodpecker Worm-eating Warbler Pearl Crescent
Phaon Crescent