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Painted Buntings Add Color to Corkscrew
August 28th, 2008 posted by: JoNell at 4:08 PM
Painted Bunting

Audubon of Florida  announced today that the first of the season’s painted buntings, North America's most colorful songbirds, have returned to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary from their summer breeding grounds. The arrival of these brightly colored  blue, green and red birds, along with the Sanctuary’s rare Ghost Orchid, is providing visitors to Corkscrew with two very different, but equally spectacular viewing opportunities.

My counterpart at Audubon of Florida, Timothy Grand, said, "Seeing either one of these sights, and especially both on the same day, is definitely a ‘whoa, that was cool’ experience.”
 


 
Sea Kayaker Magazine Recognizes Local Kayak Outfitter
August 28th, 2008 posted by: JoNell at 12:08 PM
Saltwater Sports

Saltwater Sports, a local kayak outfitter, guide service and retail store, has won Sea Kayaker Magazine's Readers Choice Awards for Best Sea Kayak Outfitter, Southeast/Gulf Coast and Best Tour Operator, Southeast/Gulf Coast.  These awards run from 2008-2011, so Saltwater Sports holds this distinction for the next three years. The awards are determined by online survey votes from readers of the magazine and visitors to Sea Kayaker Magazine's Web site. There will be a big spread about it in the December issue of the magazine.  Congratulations to Chris Boland and everyone at Saltwater Sports!
 

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Snook Season
August 27th, 2008 posted by: JoNell at 5:08 PM
Everglades snook

Snook season opens again September 1 on the Gulf Coast and in the Everglades.  That means if you catch one in "the slot" you can keep up to one per day per person.  A lot of anglers now practice catch and release with snook year round, but they are admittedly one of the best tasting saltwater fish around, and it is illegal to buy and sell it - so you either need to catch it yourself or make friends with an experienced fisherman, or woman.  The biggest one I've caught to date was a few years back during a family...[Read More]


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Double R's
August 26th, 2008 posted by: Amber at 2:08 PM
Double R's Manatee & Nature Tours

 

Juliana and I were invited by Gary Eichler, owner of Double R’s Manatee & Nature Tours, to do an afternoon sightseeing tour and to explore the Port of the Islands Resort & Marina. After our kayak tour we drove 20 minutes north to the Port of the Islands. I’ve heard great things about Port of the Islands over the years however never saw it first hand so it was an exciting day of first encounters for both Juliana and me. Double R’s tour itself is very relaxing and educational. We saw a manatee about 15 minutes...[Read More]


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The Eternal Optimist
August 26th, 2008 posted by: Amber at 1:08 PM
Roseate Spoonbill in Flight

 

Being an eternal optimist sure paid off over the weekend. I was assigned to bring our German sales rep, Juliana, to experience a kayak tour in Chokoloskee. When I picked Juliana up at her hotel around 7am it was lightening & thundering as far south as I could see. I kept thinking to myself maybe we should come up with an alternate plan. However, after living in Naples for the past 12 years, I know the weather may seem very ominous in one place and be pure sunshine just a short distance away.   In any event, Juliana kept looking...[Read More]


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Fosa! Who-sa?
August 8th, 2008 posted by: JoNell at 5:08 PM
Fosa

If you've got kids between about 7 and 14 they are very likely to know what a fosa is. It's the Madagascar predator that preys on the lemurs in the movie Madagascar. In the movie they pronounce it foo-sah, but some say it should be pronounced foose, like goose. However you say it, we've got some here at Naples Zoo, only one of 14 U.S. zoos to have this rare creature. Our two fosa live in a swanky new exhibit with lots of ropes to swing on and things to climb. They are way over on the OTHER side of...[Read More]


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Be a Dolphin Explorer
August 7th, 2008 posted by: JoNell at 4:08 PM
Citizen scientists identify dolphins from the log book

We've got a fantastic sightseeing boat cruise here that is way more than the average boat ride.  It's staffed by naturalists that are conducting a 5-year survey, the 10,000 Island Dolphin Project, of the residential bottlenose dolphin population residing in the waters around Marco Island and Naples.  The boat is called the Dolphin Explorer, and instead of being just a passenger, you get to be a dolphin explorer, too - a "citizen scientist," in effect.  Passengers can help in spotting dolphin, recording data for the log book and helping to identify known dolphin from photos of their dorsal fins.  When...[Read More]


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Naples/Marco Island #10 Healthiest Hometown
August 7th, 2008 posted by: JoNell at 3:08 PM
Keywadin Island

In case you haven't seen the Sept/Oct. issue of AARP the Magazine, or heard the news on the Today Show or any of the other media programs that picked up the news, Naples/Marco Island was ranked at #10 on AARP's list of the Healthiest Hometowns.  We scored high for small town feel, great arts scene, golf and because residents get regular excercise, eat healthy, don't smoke much and we have a low cancer mortality rate.  Not mentioned, but true...we have a nice influx of younger people here now, more unique local restaurants and an interesting reggae, jazz and blues music...[Read More]


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