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One of few meat-eating passerines (aka songbirds) their habit of impaling their prey earned loggerhead shrikes the nickname “butcher-bird”. (Miri Hardy)
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  • Miri Hardy
  • May 4, 2021
Bird of the week: Loggerhead shrike

"Butcher Bbrd" lacks a raptor's talons, but makes up for it with strong, sharp beak.

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  • Harry Sayer
  • May 3, 2021
Karin’s Causes organization to put on 14th annual Estate Sale

The annual sale will offer up plenty of eclectic oddities May 13 to 15.

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Shepard Englander is 57.
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  • Harry Sayer
  • May 3, 2021
Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee takes on new CEO

Shepard Englander is making his way to Sarasota this September.

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Longboat Key Garden Club President Susan Phillips, center, and LBKGC grants committee chair Linda Ulrich, right, present a check to Paradise Center executive director, Suzy Brenner, left. Courtesy photo.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 3, 2021
Paradise Center to start edible garden

Thanks to a Longboat Key Garden Club grant, the center will soon plant herbs and vegetables.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 2, 2021
Garden Club hosts Arbor Day picnic

The picnic was the club's first significant in-person event since the pandemic.

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    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • May 2, 2021
Satchel's Last Resort and Our Y unite for first dog wellness expo

The first annual dog walk and wellness expo was held May 1.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 30, 2021
Temple Beth Israel hosts food, book drive

Donors dropped off food on one side of the parking lot and books on the other.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2021
East County weather page photo: April 29

Gordon Silver captured this pelican having a bass lunch along White Eagle Boulevard.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: April 29

Sheryl Vieira captured this dowtown Sarasota sunset over the Palm Avenue parking garage.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: April 29

Janet Krueger captured this breezy day on Longboat Key.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2021
East County weather page photo: April 22

Scott Veix captured this pair of bald eagles fixing up their nest for their young eaglet on White Eagle Boulevard in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: April 22

Judith Horn captured this photo of a great blue heron at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: April 22

Frederick Beyerlein captured this image of a sunset across the water off Longboat Key.

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Demolition of the Players Centre for the Performing Arts on Tamiami Trail began last week.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • April 28, 2021
Players Centre for the Performing Arts torn down

The building is being torn down as Players Centre staff plan their next move.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 27, 2021
Women's Golf Association bids farewell for season

The Longboat Key golf group played one last round before summer.

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