Guest Tour

A friendly club of birders exploring Amelia Island and Northeast Florida together, with monthly field trips from September through May — and everyone is welcome.

Almost everything on the website is open to you: the trips and their reports, the calendar, events, the bird guide, the photo gallery and the forum. This tour shows you around.

The club’s monthly outings, September through May, on the island and within about an hour’s drive. Each trip has its own page with the date, meeting point, leader and what to expect.

After a trip, its trip report — the story of the day with photos — appears on the same list. Switch between Upcoming, Trip reports and All, or search by place.

Field trips, events, bird counts and other club dates, month by month. Tap anything for its details.

Subscribe adds the whole club calendar to your own phone or computer calendar — Apple or Google — and new trips then appear there by themselves.

Socials, talks and celebrations beyond the field trips — each with its own page. Some have a guest list: fill in the RSVP card on the event page, and you may be able to bring a guest. When an event is full it may offer a wait list.

Some events are for members only; for those, use the email address where you receive club emails.

A photo field guide to the birds members see on and around the island, built from members’ own pictures. Tap any bird to see more photos and notes, and for many birds, hear a recording of its call.

Identifications are checked by the club’s experts before they’re treated as confirmed.

Every approved photo from members and friends of the club, newest first. Narrow it down by bird, place, photographer or year, and tap a photo to see it large with the photographer’s name.

The best photos also appear in trip reports and in the bird guide.

• Anyone can read the forum — no account needed. It’s arranged in categories such as Sightings & Hotspots and Bird ID Help.
• Only signed-in members can post — start a topic or reply. Each post shows the member’s forum name, with a badge such as “President” or “Moderator”. You can edit or remove your own posts.
• Moderators can pin, lock, hide and edit posts — for example to remove a phone number someone shared by mistake.

A bird question pops up on the home page every so often. Tap your answer to see whether you’re right, the story behind it, and how other birders answered.

Earlier questions, answers included, are kept under About ▸ Bird Brain trivia.

Special notes from the club President, and news and shoutouts from the organizers, appear in cards on the home page while they’re current. A tag reading “A note from” with the writer’s name and photo sits in the big photo at the top, so you never miss one — tap it to jump to the message.

Earlier messages are kept under About ▸ Club messages.

Members’ email addresses and phone numbers are never shown on the website. The only contact detail visitors see is the club’s own address, info@ameliaislandbirdclub.org.

What visitors can see:

• Names on forum posts — first name and last initial, unless a member chooses a different forum name.
• The photographer’s name on each photo.
• The Club leadership section of the About page: name and title, plus a photo and a short note only if that person provides them.

Phone numbers and RSVP details are seen only by the site administrators, and the list of members is never public. Visitors can read the site, but only signed-in members can post in the forum or share photos.

Fill in the short Request membership form. A club volunteer reads every request and sets up your account — there’s no sign-up to wrestle with — then emails you a one-time link to choose your password.

Members get trip details by email before each outing, and on the website can share photos, post in the forum and RSVP to members-only events.

Once you’re a member and signed in, the website opens up:

• Share your photos for the gallery and trip reports.
• Start topics and reply in the forum.
• RSVP to members-only events like the winter social.
• Your own account, with a forum name of your choosing.

The Member Tour shows all of it, stop by stop.

Behind this tour sits a full help system: friendly step-by-step guides with a picture for every screen — signing in, your account, sharing photos, RSVPs, the calendar on your phone and the forum. It’s written to match the website exactly and kept up to date as it changes.

Help knows who you are. The Help page shows the guides that fit you: everyone sees the Members’ guide and the forum guide, and moderators, message-board writers and site administrators each find their own guide there too once they’re signed in. Still stuck? Email info@ameliaislandbirdclub.org.