{"id":297511,"date":"2026-06-05T18:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/297511\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:34:07","slug":"refuge-lecture-series-available-to-watch-sanibel-captiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/297511\/","title":{"rendered":"Refuge lecture series available to watch &#8211; SANIBEL-CAPTIVA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cDing\u201d Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) reported that recordings of the 21st annual \u201cDing\u201d Darling Winter Lecture Series are available to view on its YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>The following speakers can be watched:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Betty Anholt on \u201cHistory of Sanibel &amp; Captiva\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Kirsten Hines, author of \u201cBirds of Florida\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Tony Lapi, author of \u201cTales of an Island Innkeeper\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Tina Morris, author of \u201cReturn to the Sky: The Surprising Story of How One Woman and Seven Eaglets Helped Restore the Bald Eagle\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Jeri Magg, author of \u201cThe Remarkable Women of Sanibel &amp; Captiva\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Ron Magill, author of \u201cThe Pride of a Lion: What the Animal Kingdom Can Teach Us About Survival, Fear and Family (A True Animal Survival Story)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Sunshine State Beekeepers Association on \u201cHive Life\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Charles Sobczak, author of \u201cThe Wild Places of Southwest Florida\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DDWS noted that some authors chose not to be filmed.<\/p>\n<p>It co-hosts the lecture series with J.N. \u201cDing\u201d Darling National Wildlife Refuge and through financial support from sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>To view the lectures, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/DingDarlingWildlifeSociety\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/DingDarlingWildlifeSociety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To reach REFUGE\/DDWS, please email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.captivasanibel.com\/news\/2026\/06\/refuge-lecture-series-available-to-watch\/mailto:\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cDing\u201d Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) reported that recordings of the 21st annual \u201cDing\u201d Darling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-297511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}