SCCF marks first island nest as sea turtle season begins
By TIFFANY REPECKI / trepecki@breezenewspapers.com - | May 4, 2021
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The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation documented its first sea turtle nest of the season a loggerhead nest on April 27 on the east end of Sanibel.
UPDATE: On May 2, SCCF volunteer Rachel Walsh found the first loggerhead nest of the season for Captiva. On May 3, SCCF volunteer Nancy Riley found a second loggerhead on Captiva. Also on May 3, SCCF volunteers Diane Clark and Irene Nolan marked off the first loggerhead nest on the west end of Sanibel. The turtle was affectionately dubbed “Cookie Dough” when she previously nested on the islands in 2017 and 2019. According to the data available as of today, two additional loggerhead nests have been found on Sanibel’s west end.
Anholt, LeBuff discuss ‘Shelling and Its Sanibel History’
By HISTORICAL VILLAGE - | Feb 4, 2021
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Gayle Pence, Betty Anholt, Annette Hendrick and Charles LeBuff.
Betty Anholt and Charles LeBuff spoke recently at the Sanibel Historical Museum & Village on “Shelling and Its Sanibel History.” The audience was necessarily limited due to COVID-19 precautions, but the program was videotaped and is now available on the museum’s Website.
LeBuff first started shelling on Sanibel in 1952, although he has never found a junonia. He explained that most junonias come from shrimpers, who fish in deep waters where junonias live.
“Sanibel’s beaches are 95 percent living organisms; there is very little sand,” LeBuff said. “So the seashell formed Sanibel and maintains our quality of life even today.”