Loggerhead & Green Turtles & One Kemp's Ridley Nests on Sarasota's Barrier Islands so far this Year. Some Turtle Nests Are Just Begining to Hatch ( 54 to 60 days).

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Picture taken at night while the Loggerhead Turtle was laying her eggs on Manasota key.

She will usually lay about 110 eggs.

Cumulative Totals - 2010 from Mote Marine Laboratory & The Coastal Wildlife Club

  Loggerhead  Turtles      Green Turtles                     Kemp's Ridley

  Nests     False Crawls          Nests              False Crawls              Nests          False Crawls 

Longboat Key Manatee

74                     74                     0                          0                         0                   0                                               

Longboat Key Sarasota       

  77                      66                     0                      1                            0                 0

Lido Beach                           

 10                      23                     0                         0                         0                  0

Siesta Key                            

  89                     104                    0                         0                        0                 0

Casey Key                           

 377                    365                    1                         0                       0                  0

Venice                                

 124                    195                    1                         0                       0                    0

Manasota Key

991                  1531                    7                         2                      1                       0

  Totals 

1742                 2358                    9                        3                       1                       0

 

 

          

Beach, Bay or Back Nine... Live the Dream
Nick Herron
The Herron Group
RE/MAX Alliance Group
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The Auto Ferry from Mainland Placida, Florida ( Cape Haze) to Palm Island, Knight Island and Don Pedro

To get to Palm Island you can take this Auto Ferry or a Water Taxi from Palm Island Marina to the Docks by the Rum Bay Restaurant. On Palm Island's North end is the Palm Island Resort. There are several homes and condos on Palm Island for sale starting  in the $100,000's up to $5,300,000 . Great to enjoy the laid back life style of Island Living, but close enough to other creature comforts of the real world.

Beach, Bay or Back Nine... Live the Dream
Nick Herron
The Herron Group
RE/MAX Alliance Group
941.350.5035    800.789.6580
www.caseykey-real-estate.com
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E-mail: theherrongroup@gmail.com

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The North Entrance to Casey Key is the Blackburn Point Swing Bridge Installed in 1925.

The Blackburn Point Bridge is the only Swing Bridge in Sarasota County and one of only a handful left in Florida.  Located on Blackburn Point Road and crossing the Intercoastal Waterway to Casey Key and is a reminder of Florida's past.

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Nick Herron
The Herron Group
RE/MAX Alliance Group
941.350.5035    800.789.6580
www.caseykey-real-estate.com
E-mail: nickherron@comcast.net
E-mail: theherrongroup@gmail.com

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Ultra-light airplane Flying over the beach & Gulf of Mexico as I was showing 13 North Casey Key Road, Osprey, FL

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While I was showing 13 N. Casey Key we had walked out from the indoor swimming pool to the beach and heard a buzzing sound. We looked up and there was this little ultra-light airplane flying past.
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Great Blue Heron at my Casey Key Gulf Front listing.

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I was visited by the Heron while I was showing 325 Casey Key Road. We just lowered the price of this charming Beach Cottage to $1,195,000. It is now the lowest priced Gulf front home on Casey Key. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel

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Casey Key Association Has Put Out and Alert---Monitor Lizard Sighting

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There has been three sightings of a Monitor Lizard on North Casey Key. These reptiles can be as long as seven feet. They have razor sharp claws and teeth. While they do not attach humans normally, they will if cornered. There have also been some Iguanas sighted on Siesta Key. Several of the residents have hired a trapper to find and trap them. Over the years there has been a build up of the Iguanas which have overrun Boca Grande, Florida.   

 

Beach, Bay or Back Nine...Live the Dream
Nick Herron

The Herron Group

RE/MAX Alliance Group

941.350.5035    800.789.6580
www.caseykey-real-estate.com
E-mail: nickherron@comcast.net
E-mail: theherrongroup@gmail.com

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