Posts Tagged ‘monitoring’
Time of Year for Young Ospreys to Take Flight
Fledgling on the left, compared to its parent on the right. Young ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) began to take flight last month, with at least 43 chicks fledged after months of…
Read MoreSea Turtle Team Begins Morning Surveys
On April 15, SCCF staff and trained volunteers began surveying 18 miles of beaches on Sanibel and Captiva every morning to look for signs of sea turtle nesting activity. When a…
Read MoreNew, Resilient Sanibel Slough Monitoring Stations Installed
Monitoring natural water resources is essential to SCCF and benefits everyone living on the island. Lakes, ponds, and the Sanibel Slough play a critical role in water retention, habitat management,…
Read MoreVolunteers Confirm 43 Osprey Nests with Chicks
Volunteers are hard at work as several osprey (Pandion haliaetus) nests begin to hatch, with at least 43 nests confirmed to have chicks. Monitors check nests biweekly until incubation activity…
Read MoreFirst Osprey Chicks of Nesting Season Confirmed
Since SCCF began monitoring ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) in January 2026, the nesting season is in full swing, with numerous nests incubating and even the first chicks confirmed. The photo above,…
Read MoreFrog Call Survey: Music to Biologists’ Ears
Results of SCCF’s first frog call survey of 2024 that took place during a heavy rainstorm on June 3 were encouraging in terms of species that have bounced back since…
Read MoreNew Study Highlights Need for Integrated Nutrient Monitoring
A sensor on SCCF’s River, Estuary, and Coastal Observing Network (RECON) Shell Point monitoring platform played a key role in a pilot study for the development of a nutrient monitoring…
Read MoreAre there Indigo Snakes on Cayo Costa?
The SCCF Pine Island Sound Eastern Indigo Snake Project began monitoring and researching the remaining populations of these rare and protected eastern indigo snakes (Drymarchon couperi) on the islands of…
Read MoreSCCF Begins Bat Monitoring
SCCF’s Wildlife and Habitat Management Department is now doing acoustic monitoring for bat species on Sanibel Island. In partnership with the Miami Bat Lab — a joint lab between Bat…
Read MoreSCCF-Tagged Box Turtle Found on Pine Island
Recently, a Pine Island resident posted photos of a Florida box turtle (Terrapene bauri) on a Pine Island Facebook page because they had never seen the species locally and were…
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