Are you missing the Sanibel Farmers Market

Even thought the Farmers market is closed down for off season you can still get great locally grown foods.  Yes you have to travel across the beautiful causeway but fresh produce is worth the trip.

 The Alliance for the Arts
10091 McGregor Blvd.  Fort Myers, FL 33919

GreenMarket

Saturdays: 8AM - NOON

An exclusive selection of locally grown, caught and cultivated foods and other products available to sample and purchase. Enjoy live entertainment by local musicians and fun activities for kids, gardening classes and live cooking by local chefs.

The Best Bread !  French Bread Oven !

Rainy Season (aka Summer) Is Finally Here

Much needed rain in the afternoons has started here on Sanibel.  This is good news for southwest Florida which has had a deficit in rainfall this summer.  In June Naples was below average by 10.34" of rain, now with the rain picking up we hope to return to normal rain levels.

Yes Summer can be hot for Sanibel and Captiva but the afternoon rains cool the islands with the onshore breezes.  We are often several degrees cooler than inland communities during the summer.  Another great part of afternoon storms is going to the beach and watching the waves get bigger as the storms roll in.

Sanibel, FL (33957) Weather

T-Storms	Scattered T-Storms	Scattered T-Storms	Scattered T-Storms	Scattered T-Storms
87°F	85°	87°	90°	92°
High	High	High	High	High
73°	73°	73°	74°	75°
Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
Chance of Rain: 80%	Chance of Rain: 60%	Chance of Rain: 50%	Chance of Rain: 60%	Chance of Rain: 40%

Wind: ESE at 11 mph	SSE at 6 mph	WSW at 10 mph	W at 7 mph	E at 7 mph
Humidity: 66%	73%	71%	69%	69%
UV Index: 8 - Very High	8 - Very High	9 - Very High	10 - Very High	10+ - Extreme
Sunrise: 6:38 am	6:38 am	6:38 am	6:39 am	6:39 am
Sunset: 8:25 pm	8:25 pm	8:25 pm	8:25 pm	8:25 pm
Moonrise: 4:07 am	4:57 am	5:52 am	6:51 am	7:53 am
Moonset: 6:11 pm	7:06 pm	7:58 pm	8:47 pm	9:33 pm
Moonphase: Waning Crescent	Waning Crescent	Waning Crescent	New	Waxing Crescent

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Sea TurtleUpdate as of June 24th, 2011

Sea Turtle Research and Monitoring

	Sea Turtle Nesting Stats As of June 24, 2011
		Nests	False Crawls	Hatches
	Sanibel East End	19	36	0
	Sanibel West End	145* **	210	1
	Captiva	50	30	1
	TOTAL	214	276	2

Most nests on the islands are Loggerhead. However, this year we have one Kemps Ridley** and two Greens * included in the totals above.

Please do not disturb nesting sea turtles. There have been reports of several nesting attempts disturbed by onlookers. If a turtle fails after several nesting attempts, she will eject her eggs into the Gulf, so failed attempts -- false crawls -- are serious.
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Johns Top Ten Buys in Fort Myers

Here are some of the criteria I looked for when determining the top ten.

1. Ground floor
2. Attached 1 or 2 car garage
3. Might be able to be purchased for under $150,000
4. Minimum of 2 bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms
5. Development has amenities
6. Will represent a good value.

Address	Bedrooms	Bathrooms	Price
1307 Medinah Dr  #41	2	2	$166,500
14830 Calusa Palms Dr #102	2	2	$124,900
14169 Hilton Head Dr	2	2	$167,000
1350 Bunker Way	3	3	$139,900
9242 Coral Isle Way	3	2	$162,500
17036 Colony Lakes Blvd	2	2	$164,900
8360 Village Edge Circle #2	3	3	$164,900
13811 Lake Mahogany Blvd #3911	2	2	$137,900
7840 Lake Sawgrass #4013	3	3	$145,000
202 Stratford Place	2	2	$114,900

If you would like to see any of these properties please give me a call, John 239560-4960

A Great Condo and a Rare Find on Sanibel !

Don't miss this updated modern condo with amazing Wildlife/River views and partial Gulf views.  Large, spacious and open this condo features modern updates, two bedrooms with their own bathrooms, a large walk in master closet with the washer and dryer in the large closet.  This unit also has a large storage space and garage. 

http://perfectbeachcondo.com/Default.aspx

Snowy Plover Project- Update

As of June 10, there have been a total of 15 Snowy Plover nests on Sanibel. Five nests are currently incubating and five nests have fledged, with a total of 11 chicks. Four nests were predated (one of them also was washed out); one nest was not viable.

This year, SCCF is also monitoring Wilson's Plovers: there have been two nests: one hatched with 3 chicks and one nest fledged three chicks.
During the 2010 nesting season we had seven fledglings survive from a total of 15 nests. Of the 15 nests laid, 9 hatched, 4 were abandoned, 3 were predated, and 1 was recorded as washed out but still hatched. This gave us a hatch rate of 60% for the 2010 season. The 9 nests that hatched yielded 23 chicks, of the 23 chicks, 7 fledged giving us a fledge rate of 30.4% for the 2010 season. Compared to earlier years the actual numbers of fledged chicks is just below average, however the percentage of birds fledged is on par with percentages in previous years.
It is extremely important that people do not disturb nesting birds nor let dogs run on the beach. As an example of how vulnerable the snowy chicks are, there have been 15 hatched nests this season, but there are only seven fledglings. Nest 11 hatched three chicks on the evening of June 15; by Friday morning, only one chick remained. The last week in May, Nest #10 was abandoned with two eggs. The three chicks from Nest #1 were lost the weekend of April 24-25, possibly from the severe thunderstorm on Monday morning. Another nest was washed over and lost one egg that same weekend. On April 30, we found that Next #2 was lost, possibly due to predation.

Did You Know? Facts about Sanibel

Island Age ~5,000 years Island Area 11,600 acres

City Incorporated November 5, 1974

Square miles 17.5 sq. mi. Beach frontage: 15.50 mi. Total

Island shoreline 24.5 mi. 11.75 mi. Gulf of Mexico

Mangrove frontage 9.0 mi. 3.75 mi. San Carlos Bay

Land: Conservation lands (Includes SCCF lands and all public parks) 7,200 acres

City Managed Preserve Land 600 acres

J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge 5,400 acres includes Buck Key

Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation 1,200 acres

Recreation Uses 575 acres

Vacant undeveloped land 400 acres

Average elevation: 4 ft. above sea level Maximum elevation: 13 ft. above sea level

Annual precipitation: 42.3 inches Average temperature: 74°

Total roads 80.68 miles

Paved 61.37 miles Public 61.83 miles

Unpaved 19.31 miles Private 18.85 miles

Shared Use paths 22.85 miles

Causeway length: 3 miles Round trip toll: $6.00

Resident Population: 1975 - 2,875 1995 - 5,753 2001 - 6,072

2010 Census Count 6,469

1985 - 4,237 1999 - 5,975 2005 - 6,272 (Estimate) by Bureau of Economic

1990 - 5,468 2000 - 6,064 2008 - 6,347 and Bus iness Re search

Median age 2000: 60.5 years Seasonal Peak Population 2005: 18,000

Registered voters 2009: 5,477 plus day visitors 13,000

Registered voters 2010 5,673 TOTAL 31,000

Registered voters 2011 5,460

Sanibel Causeway traffic:

1965 100,000 vehicles 2000 3,433,769 vehicles 2006 2,875,493 vehicles

1975 795,348 vehicles 2001 3,460,347 vehicles 2007 2,918,579 vehicles

1985 2,290,961 vehicles 2002 3,430,316 vehicles 2008 2,924,582 vehicles

1990 3,020,181 vehicles 2003 3,257,747 vehicles 2009 2,926,862 vehicles

1995 3,199,822 vehicles 2004 3,112,301 vehicles 2010 2,886,605 vehicles

2005 2,648,909 vehicles

Dwelling Units as of March 2009
Total 8,299 Hotels, motels & cottages 739

Single family 3,981 Timeshares 384

Multi family 3,115 Mobile homes 80