Sunday, November 11, 2018

Discover the Island: Egmont Key, 11-4-18




Gopher Tortoise




North America’s largest land turtle





Florida’s only true tortoise





Laughing Gull





Year-round resident





Greater than 1% of the world’s population nest on Egmont Key!





The only gull that nests in Florida





Approximately 40,000 PAIRS nested on the southern end of Egmont Key this season!





Monarch Butterfly on Porterweed











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