Posts Tagged ‘depredation’
Shorebird Team Documents First Black Skimmer Chick in 3 Decades!
The 2026 nesting season has kept SCCF’s shorebird team and our dedicated volunteers busy across Sanibel and surrounding coastal sites. Since nesting season began in February, they have monitored dozens…
Read More340+ Sea Turtle Nests Documented on Islands
Our sea turtle team has documented a total of 340 loggerhead (Caretta caretta) nests and 2 green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests on the islands so far this nesting season.…
Read MoreSCCF Looks Forward to Public Workshop on Coyote Depredation of Sea Turtle Nests
Following a presentation by the Coyote Working Group (CWG) at City Council last week, the SCCF sea turtle team is working with other biologists in the group and the City…
Read MoreSanibel Coyote Working Group to Share Proposal for Sea Turtle Protection
The first confirmed sighting of a coyote on Sanibel was in the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge in March 2011. Since then, the City of Sanibel Natural Resources Department and its…
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