Birders visiting Sanibel and Captiva have a new resource when scanning the brush and beaches with binoculars for fine-feathered flocks.
The Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation compiled a comprehensive list of birds found on the islands. The new list includes nearly 300 species that have been observed on the islands.
The digital-friendly list includes everything from New World warblers and owls to plovers and nightjars.
“We just wanted to have a document for people to use for birds to see while they’re here and have it pretty comprehensive,” SCCF shorebird biologist Audrey Albrecht said.
Albrecht was part of the team writing and compiling the list.
In celebration of all mothers for Mother’s Day weekend, the Sanibel Natural Resources Department reminded residents and visitors to “Share the Shore” with
During its sunrise beach patrols, the SCCF Sea Turtle team documented its first next for the islands on April 27 on the east end of Sanibel. On May 2, it docume
CEPD’s engineer suggests Great Lakes for project
By TIFFANY REPECKI / trepecki@breezenewspapers.com - | May 11, 2021
UPDATE: At its May 10 meeting, the CEPD commission voted 4-0 to accept its staff and consultants’ recommendations and award the bid to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock.
The Captiva Erosion Prevention District’s engineering firm for the upcoming beach renourishment project presented its bid recommendation to the commission during a recent workshop meeting.
On May 6, APTIM Coastal Planning & Engineering’s Coastal Restoration and Modeling Program Manager Nicole Sharp and Coastal Protection Engineering’s Principal Engineer Thomas Pierro a subcontractor for APTIM recommended the bidder Great Lakes Dredge & Dock for the project.
Sanibel task force details planned prescribed burns for 2021
By TIFFANY REPECKI / trepecki@breezenewspapers.com - | May 11, 2021
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The Sanibel Prescribed Fire Task Force recently outlined its plan for this year’s prescribed burn operations on the island, which consist of four areas in total, with two being a high priority.
On May 5, representatives for the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation and city’s Natural Resources Department announced the spring-summer plan for the targeted conservation lands during a joint public meeting held virtually this year via Zoom.
The areas for the refuge and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service are the Bailey Tract, Botanical Site and Legion Curve, while the SCCF and city staff are focused on the Erick A. Lindblad Preserve.