July 13, 2010
 

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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December 10, 2009
 

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

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E-mail: nickherron@comcast.net
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