Winter Bay Day Feb. 4

Bay Day is back.

The Friends of St. Joseph Bay Preserves invite everyone to attend the winter Bay Day fundraiser on Saturday Feb. 4 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. ET.

The event will be held at the Preserves Center at 3915 SR 30-A in Port St. Joe.

October Bay Day was a success with more than 250 in attendance.

The event will feature an open house of the buffer preserve center, live music, photo exhibits, raffles, boat tours, birding walks, backwoods tram tours, eagle harbor tours and an astronomy walk.

The big draw, however, is the always-popular shrimp boil which includes shrimp, corn, kielbasa sausage, potatoes, garlic bread and tea all for a $10 donation.

The donations will help the friends group fund a variety of projects to benefit the aquatic preserve and buffer preserve.

For a complete schedule of the day's tours and events visit stjosephbaypreserves.org or call the Preserves Center at (850) 229-1787.