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Birds, Featured, Outdoors

Local gulls sick, dying

Oct 11, 2019 – Cindy Lane
September 17, 2017
By Cindy Lane
Turtle nest excavation

Sea turtles, shorebirds dodge Irma

Sea turtles and shorebirds have survived hurricanes for centuries, and Hurricane Irma damaged, but did not decimate, Anna Maria Island’s turtle and bird populations. “We lost stakes to 35 turtle n…
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March 21, 2017
By Cindy Lane
snowy plover

Snowy plovers start bird nesting season

HOLMES BEACH – It’s officially bird nesting season – the first snowy plovers, a threatened species in Florida, have made a nest on Anna Maria Island. The nest is also the first snowy plover nest o…
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July 16, 2014
By Cindy Lane

Whitmore working to save pelicans

In an effort to save pelicans from fishing hooks, Manatee County Commissioner Carol Whitmore is asking local government officials to consider passing an ordinance similar to one used in Naples, publi…
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May 14, 2014
By Cindy Lane
White and brown pelicans

Law needed to help pelicans, turtles

HOLMES BEACH – After a year of trying to educate fishermen not to cut fishing lines that entangle pelicans and other wildlife, Jeannie Bystrom wants Island officials to emulate Naples and pass ordina…
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March 13, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Decisions, decisions

A white ibis decides where to go next after landing in the street. Second Place Feature Photo 2012  
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting