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Orlando Magazine Explore this unique ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico. April 1, 2021 White pelicans congregate at J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge. (COURTESY THE BEACHES OF FORT MYERS & SANIBEL Often referred to as “the seashell capital of the world,” Sanibel Island is part of a plateau that extends for miles into the Gulf of Mexico and acts as a shelf upon which shells gather until winds, waves or storms wash them onto the barrier island’s beaches. Collecting seashells is so popular here that the term “Sanibel stoop” was coined to describe the pastime (bending to com...

Tarpon tourney sold out, but wait list available By REFUGE / DDWS - | Mar 17, 2021 ED ANDERSON The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge reported that the Ninth Annual “Ding” Darling & Doc Ford’s Tarpon Tournament will take place on May 14, having been postponed from the 2020 date due to COVID-19. That means the prize purse is twice the original size, as all 55 teams allowed for their 2020 fees to remain in the pot, plus kicked in the 2021 entry fees. Although the tournament is sold out, teams can still add their names to a waiting list by contacting April Boehnen a...

| One of several pools with a water view at the South Seas Island Resort on Captiva Island. Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst Captiva Island on Florida's west coast is known for its seashells, but what caught our attention immediately on a recent stay was the wildlife, especially the birds. From our second story Marina Villa balcony at the South Seas Island Resort, we had a prime perch to see a great number of egrets, ibises, pelicans, blue herons, turkey vultures and especially ospreys fishing, flying and tending to their business. We watched a yellow-crested night heron on our front lawn pick ap...

Talking Points to conclude with NYT cooking app editor By BIG ARTS - | Mar 4, 2021 PHOTO PROVIDED Sam Sifton Join Sam Sifton, founding editor of the New York Times Cooking app, to hear about the joys and frustrations of home cooking during COVID. For the last year, he has been working — and cooking — at home, and that is where Sifton will speak from virtually on March 11 at 4 p.m. for the final BIG ARTS Talking Points presentation of the season. As a former chief restaurant critic for The New York Times, Sifton knew that chefs would often tell stories to their line cooks, describing a di...

Gar Beckstead, who threaded the needle with Useppa Island, both developing and preserving it since first laying eyes on it in 1976, leaves the legacy of a reclaimed paradise, his longtime friends said. Beckstead, who died at the age of 82 on Feb. 16, transformed Useppa Island into both a modern resort and a haven for preserving its history as a long-ago enclave for native Americans, who lived there going back 10,000 years. “Gar Beckstead was a brilliant, innovative man who was devoted, head, heart, soul, to Useppa Island,” said Randy Wayne White, a novelist and creator of the Doc Ford cha...