Casey Key Oceanfront Home Has Loggerhead Crawl
Newly Named Juney, Casey Key Loggerhead Builds Nest - Original Article June 2008
Built in 1979, 2821 Casey Key Rd has had many families, renters, vacationers return. Year after year, these beachgoers come back to Casey Key to revisit the familiar private beach they love. The loggerhead returns to the familiar also.
Saturday night Nick & Kathleen Herron and their good friends from Atlanta were sitting on the deck outside this wonderful beach house on the sands of the Gulf of Mexico when red dotted lights could be seen coming down the beach. The Casey Key group was little nervous with visions of aliens invading the beach. The aliens with red lighted hats were from Mote Marine and were tracking a turtle. The loggerhead was estimated to weigh over 300 pounds by Linsley and Alison of Mote Marine. Kathleen quickly named her Juney.
Juney crawled from the Gulf and slowly pulled herself by her flippers to a spot right next to the beach steps. She dug her hole in the sand to lay eggs. Juney buried the eggs and returned to the water on Sunday morning. It will be several days, 50 or so before the eggs, approximately 104, begin to hatch and Juney's babies begin hopefully crawl to the sea. Kisses was quite facinated although unsure as she met "big" Juney in person/turtle.
Nick and Kathleen sent Snuffy and I an email about the excitement at the beach and invited us to visit June's nest after my open house on Sunday at 708 Casey Key Road. I dropped Snuffy off at the beach house to romp with Kisses and headed to my open house around noon. Nick held 927 Casey Cove open, our beautiful bayfront listing too.
It was a great day to be at the beach as thunderstorms rolled in from the Gulf to cool the air for a perfect turtle watch and cookout in the evening with the Herrons.
In the summers, Kathleen and Nick Herron of the Herron Group with RE/MAX Alliance Group pack up their "fun stuff" at the Venetian Golf & River Club home and move to Casey Key. The Herrons, like many others return to Casey year after year to enjoy beach life. This year they've had two visitors, a Casey Key redbird and now Juney, the sea turtle. Snuffy and I are lucky we get invited too and last night we met their friends, Jeanette and Jim who the Herrons neighbors at Venetian. Jim loves to fish and brought his pole and Jeanette, like me, loves collecting shells. Kathleen & Kisses headed off for a power walk after dinner as Jeannette, Nick and I combed the beach with Snuffy for shells and Snuffy for smells.
We'll keep you posted on the Herron ongoing summer fun at the beach and Juney's babies' loggerhead activity on Casey Key.
You can track the loggerheads and read articles about the loggerheads as well. From the sea turle site, you can adopt a turtle too.
We now have one home for sale on Casey Key protected by a redbird and now a loggerhead's nest in the backyard of another listing. Casey Key although very private is quite active this summer. We hope you'll keep returning to our Casey Key beach blog often!
If you are searching for a Casey Key property, or need area information on Siesta Key, Longboat Key, Casey Key, and Sarasota Florida real estate, visit The Herron Group listings. Beach, bay or Back Nine . . . Live the Dream!
Click here for Casey Key real estate site.
To help the loggerheads in Florida:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
More information on Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Newly Named Juney, Casey Key Loggerhead Builds Nest - Original Article June 2008
Built in 1979, 2821 Casey Key Rd has had many families, renters, vacationers return. Year after year, these beachgoers come back to Casey Key to revisit the familiar private beach they love. The loggerhead returns to the familiar also.
Saturday night Nick & Kathleen Herron and their good friends from Atlanta were sitting on the deck outside this wonderful beach house on the sands of the Gulf of Mexico when red dotted lights could be seen coming down the beach. The Casey Key group was little nervous with visions of aliens invading the beach. The aliens with red lighted hats were from Mote Marine and were tracking a turtle. The loggerhead was estimated to weigh over 300 pounds by Linsley and Alison of Mote Marine. Kathleen quickly named her Juney.
Juney crawled from the Gulf and slowly pulled herself by her flippers to a spot right next to the beach steps. She dug her hole in the sand to lay eggs. Juney buried the eggs and returned to the water on Sunday morning. It will be several days, 50 or so before the eggs, approximately 104, begin to hatch and Juney's babies begin hopefully crawl to the sea. Kisses was quite facinated although unsure as she met "big" Juney in person/turtle.Nick and Kathleen sent Snuffy and I an email about the excitement at the beach and invited us to visit June's nest after my open house on Sunday at 708 Casey Key Road. I dropped Snuffy off at the beach house to romp with Kisses and headed to my open house around noon. Nick held 927 Casey Cove open, our beautiful bayfront listing too.
It was a great day to be at the beach as thunderstorms rolled in from the Gulf to cool the air for a perfect turtle watch and cookout in the evening with the Herrons.
In the summers, Kathleen and Nick Herron of the Herron Group with RE/MAX Alliance Group pack up their "fun stuff" at the Venetian Golf & River Club home and move to Casey Key. The Herrons, like many others return to Casey year after year to enjoy beach life. This year they've had two visitors, a Casey Key redbird and now Juney, the sea turtle. Snuffy and I are lucky we get invited too and last night we met their friends, Jeanette and Jim who the Herrons neighbors at Venetian. Jim loves to fish and brought his pole and Jeanette, like me, loves collecting shells. Kathleen & Kisses headed off for a power walk after dinner as Jeannette, Nick and I combed the beach with Snuffy for shells and Snuffy for smells.
We'll keep you posted on the Herron ongoing summer fun at the beach and Juney's babies' loggerhead activity on Casey Key.
You can track the loggerheads and read articles about the loggerheads as well. From the sea turle site, you can adopt a turtle too.
We now have one home for sale on Casey Key protected by a redbird and now a loggerhead's nest in the backyard of another listing. Casey Key although very private is quite active this summer. We hope you'll keep returning to our Casey Key beach blog often!
If you are searching for a Casey Key property, or need area information on Siesta Key, Longboat Key, Casey Key, and Sarasota Florida real estate, visit The Herron Group listings. Beach, bay or Back Nine . . . Live the Dream!
Click here for Casey Key real estate site.
To help the loggerheads in Florida:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
More information on Loggerhead Sea Turtles
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