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Black skimmers
hatch young on beaches.
It is the height of the
gopher tortoise
nesting season.
Laughing gulls hatch young on beaches and mangrove islands in Florida Bay.
It's nesting season for
least terns
,
oystercatchers
, and
black skimmers
. They nest on islands, undisturbed beaches, and rooftops.
Most animals -- including
alligators
,
southern flying squirrels
, black-necked stilts, and
red-cockaded woodpeckers
-- are nesting.
Peak month for wildfires, which rejuvenate many Florida plant communities.
Red and Seminole
bats
give birth.
Blooming tarflowers in flatwoods signal the beginning of summer.
Cicadas emerge and begin the song of summer.
Leatherback,
loggerhead
and
green sea turtles
continue to crawl ashore to lay eggs.
Lights Out!
Sea turtles
emerge from their nests and head for the ocean. Females may become confused by lights on the beach.
Juvenile green sea turtles forage on hard bottom close to the southeast coast.
Female
alligators
are building nests.
Eighteen-month old
black bears
separate from their mothers.
Whelks spawn, laying long necklaces of eggs.
Black sea urchins spawn throughout the summer at each full moon along the Keys.
Sea squirts spawn on the grass flats.
Migrating
tarpon
can be found almost anywhere in the Keys.
Snook
begin moving out to inlets and passes.
Indigo snakes
lay their eggs, sometimes in gopher tortoise burrows.
FWC Facts:
Butterflies taste with their feet.
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