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Flamingos flock to Florida during hurricane
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Flamingos flock to Florida during hurricane

Sep 18, 2023 – Leslie Lake
May 29, 2022
By SUN contributor
Bird nesting discovered in trees slated for woodchipper

Bird nest discovered in trees slated for woodchipper

HOLMES BEACH – Some Manatee County commissioners may have given up on the fight to save more than 80 trees planned for destruction at Kingfish Boat Ramp, but city officials and residents hope the dis…
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January 3, 2022
By Cindy Lane
Sing along with the Christmas Bird Count

Sing along with the Christmas Bird Count

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – On the eighth day of Christmas, the Audubon Society counted 12 palm warblers, 11 (plus eight) northern mockingbirds, 10 red-bellied woodpeckers, nine blue-gray gnatcatchers, eight…
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October 11, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: In praise of seabirds

One of the things that makes the Suncoast special is our seabirds. Who hasn’t been stirred by the sight or song of a bird? The haunting sound of a whippoorwill signaling the arrival of spring, the co…
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August 23, 2021
By SUN contributor

Shorebird season scant on AMI

Shorebird nesting season on Anna Maria Island ends this month with only two least tern chicks surviving out of 30 – cats preyed on the rest, according to photographer Kathy Doddridge, a volunteer wit…
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July 11, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Elsa impacts sea turtle, shorebird nests

Elsa impacts sea turtle, shorebird nests

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Tropical Storm Elsa washed over the Island on July 6 and 7, taking some shorebird eggs and chicks with it, and soaking some sea turtle nests in the sand, perhaps for too long…
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June 5, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Good news: Least terns nesting on AMI

Good news: Least terns nesting on AMI

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – It’s been a long time, longer than Suzi Fox can remember, since least terns nested on the Island’s Gulf beaches. “I’m very excited,” said Fox, director of Anna Maria Island…
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May 11, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Coast Lines: Save the refuge for the birds

Coast Lines: Save the refuge for the birds

Friday, May 15 is Endangered Species Day, a great day to get outdoors and try to spot local birds, turtles and manatees that are on the federal and state imperiled species lists. It is not, howeve…
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March 22, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Coronavirus affecting turtle, bird monitoring

Coronavirus affecting turtle, bird monitoring

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – COVID-19 will keep most Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring volunteers off the beaches as sea turtle and bird nesting seasons begin, according to Director Suzi…
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March 2, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Shorebird survey marks start of season

Shorebird survey marks start of season

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Shorebird nesting season is beginning, and a three-day survey of shorebirds on Anna Maria Island beaches shows 38 black skimmers – a threatened species in Florida – preparing to n…
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October 11, 2019
By Cindy Lane

Local gulls sick, dying

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Island resident Jeannie Bystrom, who frequently rescues pelicans tangled in fishing line, found 23 dead laughing gulls on a recent trip to Passage Key, north of the Island. It’…
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