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.
Sarasota Destinations
- Fallen Pine Farm (Myakka, Florida)
- Selby Botanical Gardens (Sarasota, Florida)
- Leffis Key (Sarasota, FL)
- Ringling Grounds (Sarasota, FL)
- Historic Spanish Point (Sarasota, FL)
- Red Bug Slough Preserve (Sarasota, FL)
- Pinecraft Park (Sarasota, FL)
- Urfer Family Park (Sarasota, FL)
- North Lido Beach (Sarasota, FL)
- Myakka Hardwood Hammock (Sarasota, FL)
- Myakka Pinelands (Sarasota, FL)
- Joan M Durante Community Park (Longboat Key, FL)
- Lemur Foundation (Myakka City, FL)
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, […]
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 […]
Joan M Durante Community Park (Longboat Key, FL)
Lemur Foundation (Myakka City, FL)
We spent a few hours visiting the Lemur Conservation Foundation in Myakka City — totally great! There are certain days in the life of a Florida naturalist that sparkle brighter than the rest—days when the wild comes a little closer, when a creature from another hemisphere peers at you with curious golden eyes, and suddenly the world […]