This is one of the best beaches in Sarasota for seeing plants and birds, and on arrival, we sawa northern harrier hunting in the scrub. There were also a bunch of Sandwich Terns on the beach. … [Read more...]
Activities
- All Weather/Horse Trail Loop (MRSP)
- Alligator Point (MRSP)
- Avian Research and Conservation Institute
- Bee Island & Back (MRSP)
- BioBlitz at Celery Fields
- Bok Tower (Lake Wales, FL)
- Brooker Creek Preserve (Tarpon Springs, FL)
- Clay Gully/Mossy Hammock (MRSP)
- Climate Wise Landscaping
- Deep Hole (MRSP)
- Florida Scrub Life: Archbold Biological Station & Lake Wales Ridge
- Fox’s High & Low (MRSP)
- Hickey Creek Mitigation Park (Alva, FL)
- Highlands Hammock State Park (Sebring FL)
- Joan M Durante Community Park (Longboat Key, FL)
- Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area (Lake Wales, FL)
- Leffis Key (Sarasota, FL)
- Lemur Foundation (Myakka City, FL)
- Lido Key (Sarasota, FL)
- My Life as a Turkey
- Myakka Hardwood Hammock (Sarasota, FL)
- Myakka Pinelands (Sarasota, FL)
- Myakka River State Park (Sarasota, FL)
- North Lido Beach (Sarasota, FL)
- North Lido Key (LK)
- One dozen things FNPS members need to know about cabbage palms with Jono Miller
- Oscar Sherer State Park (Sarasota, FL)
- Oscar Sherer Yellow Trail (OSSP)
- Pinecraft Park (Sarasota, FL)
- Power Line/Ranch House Loop (MRSP)
- Raymond Road Loop (CF)
- Red Bug Slough Preserve (Sarasota, FL)
- Red Bug Slough Preserve (Sarasota, FL)
- Red Bug Slough Slough Loop (RBS)
- Ringling Grounds (Sarasota, FL)
- Rothenbach Park (Sarasota, FL)
- Rothenbach Park Loop (RP)
- Spanish Point (Sarasota, FL)
- The Earthing Movie: The Remarkable Science of Grounding
- Three Sisters Springs (Crystal River, FL)
- Urfer Family Park (Sarasota, FL)
Red Bug Slough Slough Loop (RBS)
Location: Red Bug Slough PreserveTrailhead (Google Plus Code): 7GG2+VR South Gate Ridge, FloridaHike Length: 2 milesTime Estimate: 1.5 hoursHabitats: WetlandsNotes: Amazing amount of plant and wildlife for a suburban setting. … [Read more...]
Rothenbach Park Loop (RP)
Location: Rothenbach ParkTrailhead (Google Plus Code): 7JW3+97 Fruitville, FloridaHike Length: 3.7 milesTime Estimate: 1.5 hoursHabitats: Hardwood HammockNotes: All pavement -- good for biking. Loops around a covered landfill and has a beautiful hardwood hammock at the east side, as well as a smaller area on the southwest. … [Read more...]
Bee Island & Back (MRSP)
Location: Myakka River State ParkTrailhead: 7P56+3W Myakka City, FloridaHike Length: 5 milesTime Estimate: three hoursHabitats: Pine Flatwoods, Hardwood Hammock, Dry PrairieNotes: Can be very hot and dry - bring lots of water. This is a great hike to see the undisturbed pinelands in the park, but it is an out and back hike that's pretty long on a hot day, as most of the hike is without any shade. … [Read more...]
Raymond Road Loop (CF)
Location: Celery FieldsTrailhead (Google Plus Code): 8HG8+5H Fruitville, FloridaHike Length: 2 milesTime Estimate: one hourHabitats: WetlandsNotes: Lots of bird life! This is an easy walk around some of the best birding in Sarasota. Additionally, there are a variety of plants of interest. … [Read more...]
Myakka Hardwood Hammock (Sarasota, FL)
I spent some time in the beautiful hardwood hammock at Myakka River State Park. The hike I went in on is called Fox's High Trail which is that the north end of the park where there are lots of big oaks and cabbage palms it's a super wet environment this time of year, wet underfoot, and there tons of mosquitoes. If you if you slow your step down, they’ll have a have a meal off of you. Lots of … [Read more...]
Myakka Pinelands (Sarasota, FL)
I headed out to the mesic flatwoods site reference in Myakka River State Park, which you can get to by going from the main park road to the Ranch House Road trail. Head straight out there all the way to Bee Island Campground and right there is a big stand of longleaf pines, which are among the few long-leaf pine stands in the park. Mostly I see slash pines in the park. To get there, you will … [Read more...]
Joan M Durante Community Park (Longboat Key, FL)
This is a wonderful little park with a variety of plant species and many opportunities to see birds. Joan M. Durante Park, located at 5550 Gulf of Mexico Drive, is the result of a private/public partnership to enhance and restore one of the few remaining vacant island properties on Longboat Key to a viable wetland and coastal hammock forest. The 32 acre site is located on Sarasota Bay … [Read more...]
Fox’s High & Low (MRSP)
Location: Myakka River State ParkTrailhead (Google Plus Code): 7PPV+CX Myakka City, FloridaHike Length: 4 milesTime Estimate: 2-3 hoursHabitats: Hardwood Hammock, Dry PrairieNotes: Generally little traffic at the North end of the park. This is a four-mile hike through hammock, dry prairie and along the stream of Clay Gulley. There is a lot of pig activity along the trail. … [Read more...]
Alligator Point (MRSP)
Location: Myakka River State ParkTrailhead (Google Plus Code): 6MWQ+H9 Myakka City, FloridaHike Length: 2 milesTime Estimate: 1- 1.5 hours Notes: Typically a very quiet trail with opportunities to see wildlife. Not the prettiest trail, but many things of interest as you walk next to a cattle ranch. … [Read more...]
Oscar Sherer Yellow Trail (OSSP)
Location: Oscar Sherer State ParkTrailhead (Google Plus Code): 5GGQ+CF Osprey, FloridaHike Length: 5.5 milesTime Estimate: 3-4 hoursHabitats: Scrub, Pine FlatwoodsNotes: Nice trail featuring Oscar Sherer's unique habitat. To see scrub jays and red-headed woodpeckers, go early. … [Read more...]