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That's because cedar key is also home to one of the bird refuges along the gulf coast of florida. it is called sea horse key. it is a small island five miles from the shore. nobody lives there. it is hard to get to. accessible only by boat. 150 acres of federally protected land and over the years it has been home to thousands of birds. some years up to a half million birds during nesting season. it is all kinds of species, brown pelicans and yellow crown herons and tricolored herons and all of these birds flock to this one island and build nests wherever they can. they build nests on shrubbery...

Mystery. along the gulf coast of florida there's a tiny place, cluster of islands really called cedar key, home to 700 people. the biggest draws are the annual spring arts festival, pristine beaches, good fishing opportunities and particularly bird watching. that's because cedar key is also home to one of the bird refuges along the gulf coast of florida. it is called sea horse key. it is a small island five miles from the shore. nobody lives there. it is hard to get to. accessible only by boat. 150 acres of federally protected land and over the years it has been home to thousands of birds. som...

Brown pelicans and yellow crown herons and tricolored herons and all of these birds flock to this one island and build nests wherever they can. they build nests on shrubbery, in a tree on top of a cactus, anywhere. they get their privacy from march through june. no human is allowed to set foot no human is allowed to disturb the birds nesting there. like this year like every other year went like clock work. mid april, everything was going as it should but all of a sudden they were gone. 15,000 birds vanished in a matter of hours. one of the island's caretakers showed up and noticed there were l...