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Audubon -- Seahorse Key Birds in the News 

7/29/2015

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The Audubon online magazine has an excellent summary of the story of the Seahorse Key rookery abandonment. It provides the up-to-date information on possible and likely causes.
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onEarth Joins in Supporting Cedar Keys NWR

7/27/2015

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The Natural Resources Defense Council posted a CSI story about the Seahorse Key rookery abandonment in its magazine onEarth. Thanks NRDC and all the other organizations, agencies, and media from the members of the Friends of the Lower Suwannee & Cedar Keys NWRs. We greatly appreciate your attention to the importance and value of protecting the refuge that protects the birds and their habitat.
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Summertime on the Refuge

7/22/2015

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The Seahorse Key rookery continues to intrigue the national media. Their stories show how important it is that our refuge managers have collected data about the birds nesting behavior over many years and that the refuge includes other islands where the birds could re-nest.

The National Wildlife Refuge Association has posted a story on their website about the event.

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Meanwhile, those of us who live here in the backyard of the refuges even in the summertime are enjoying their beauty as much as the media are enjoying their mystery.
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Our Bird Mystery Hits the National Media

7/14/2015

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Since April, our Refuge Update page has been reporting on the disappearance of the birds from Seahorse Key. In June, the Friends News Brief mentioned it and several readers sent theories and tips about the possible cause. The Refuge staff appreciates those and is following up on them. 

The Gainesville Sun recently carried a story about mystery. An Associated Press reporter came and interviewed Refuge staff about it and the story was placed on AP wire on July 7. The same day, the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC had a 4-minute segment about the story.

Here are links to several stories about the abandonment. Many are based on the Associated Press report:
  • Associated Press (link is no longer available)
  • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation -- An audio of an interview with the Refuge's Vic Doig was posted
  • New York Times (link is no longer available)
  • Cedar Key News
  • Gainesville Sun
  • US News and World Report
  • Reuters
  • ABC (link is no longer available)
  • Tampa Bay Times
  • Denver Post (link is no longer available)
  • Nature World News
  • Orlando Sentinel
  • News Max
  • Americans.org

Below is a link to a story that ran in 2010 and provides background about the rookery and its inhabitants.
National Geographic (link is no longer available)

We will keep you posted as new clues arise and data are gathered.
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Friends of the Lower Suwannee & Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuges
P. O. Box 532
Cedar Key, FL 32625
friends@friendsofrefuges.org

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.


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