Top nature photos from around Sarasota, Longboat Key, East County in 2026-27

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 5:00 a.m. March 4, 2026
  • | Updated 11:54 a.m. March 4, 2026
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Go to YourObserver.com/weather to submit a photo or several photos! Each week, we will choose a photo to run on the weather page of our print edition.

All submissions will be entered for the 2026-27 Weather and Nature photo contest. Beginning Feb.13, 2027, you will vote for your favorite photo, and the submission with the most votes will win a $500 gift card.

To see past entries, visit Facebook.com/ObserverGroup.

Gordon Silver took this photo of a mother deer with one of her fawns in Del Webb of Lakewood Ranch.
Gordon Silver took this photo of a mother deer with one of her fawns in Del Webb of Lakewood Ranch.


Thomas Bader took this photo of a muscovy duck near on Mystic Lake in Sarasota.
Thomas Bader took this photo of a muscovy duck near on Mystic Lake in Sarasota.
Donna Jablonski took this photo of an egret waiting for the rain to pass on Longboat Key.
Donna Jablonski took this photo of an egret waiting for the rain to pass on Longboat Key.


 

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