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McGregor is nestled along the Caloosahatchee River and is just a short drive from Fort Myers. This close-knit community has everything a small town needs, including quirky locally owned businesses and cafés, as well as neighboring parks and golfing. McGregor is welcoming and family-friendly.
Population: 7,406
Median Home Value: $321,400
Mean Travel Time to Work: 26 minutes
School Ranking: B+
Most Recent Annual Number of Property Crimes: 889
Most Recent Annual Number of Violent Crimes: 150
This almost 340-acre preserve is located in northeast Cape Coral and includes primarily pine flatwoods. The preserve comprises a section of Yellow Fever Creek's headwaters, a tiny waterway that collects shallow water during the rainy season. This preserve has a 2.5-mile defined trail system that links to a 3-acre pond for fishing.
The refuge is full of wildlife sightings. Hawks, Florida sandhill cranes, and the state-listed threatened gopher tortoise are also common sights.
In 2018, a hydrologic restoration was completed to restore the pond's banks and allow aquatic plants along its slopes to more easily filter excess nutrients from the water. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission provided cash for the repair.
A paved parking area is available at the preserve's main entrance on Del Prado Boulevard. On NE 28th Street, there is also a neighborhood access gate that offers access to the defined trail system.
The preserve's northern perimeter runs parallel to Major Park in Cape Coral. The city intends to construct public facilities in this park in the future, including hiking and horse trails. These paths will connect to the preserve's existing trail system.
The Lee County Black History Society website will provide you with insight into the African-American experience in Lee County, Florida.
Many of the historic buildings and spots across the historic Dunbar community are available to examine on our website.
Janice Cass formed the Lee County Black History Society, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, in 1994. The LCBHS, Inc. is governed by an eleven-member Board of Directors who meet on the second Tuesday of each month in a public meeting.
The LCBHS, Inc. was founded by Ms. Cass to create a way for African-Americans in Lee County to acknowledge and celebrate Black History Month, as well as to establish a Black History Museum in Fort Myers, FL. Each year, through partnerships with other community-based organizations, churches, and private residents, LCBHS hosts events such as Black History Month, Legends Gala, Juneteenth, and Holiday in the Park.
This 572-acre preserve in east Lee County's Buckingham area is largely made up of pine flatwoods and open scrub habitat. A 2.3-mile hiking trail and approximately 5 miles of combined horse and hiking trails are available.
After 53 years in Orlando, the Minnesota Twins moved their spring training to Lee County in 1991. For the first time, the Twins' whole organization was housed in one location. The Twins have had a tremendous economic influence on Lee County in the short time they have been a part of the community. The Twins' first spring training season in 1991 set a new big league attendance high of 112,355, had the best spring training record in baseball (21-10), and went on to win the World Series.
Hammond Stadium, five additional playing fields, and the new Twins Player Development Academy are all located inside the Lee County Sports Complex. It also serves as the home of two Twins minor league teams, the Ft. Myers Miracle of the Florida State League and the Rookie level Gulf Coast League Twins. In addition, the complex has four state-of-the-art softball fields that are used by university and community teams throughout the year. Late in the 1994 spring season, the primary stadium was christened Bill Hammond Stadium in honor of the Deputy County Commissioner who was essential in having the Twins facility completed.
The live feed inside this Southwest Florida Bald Eagle nest is already in its eighth season, thanks to Dick Pritchett Real Estate. Our season, we'll have FOUR cameras streaming the birds live to this site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Camera #1 is mounted six feet above the bald eagle nesting tree and features night vision or infrared light, which produces no visible light. It also makes no sound. The bald eagles are completely oblivious to the camera's presence. Camera #2 is around 60 feet away from the nest and can capture photographs of the nest movement that are not visible from Camera #1. (The cam placements are shown in the diagram to the right.) Both cameras are non-intrusive, ecologically friendly, and strategically placed to provide the finest view of the nest and birds while conserving the nest's natural beauty.
Cam #3 is placed closer to the pond's northern edge to record activity in the field and surrounding the pond.
Cam 360 (Cam #4) is the world's first live camera to capture a 360-degree view of a bald eagle's everyday activities. For a fully immersive experience, you can click and drag to any viewing area with this cam.
Ozzie and Harriet, the original adult bald eagle pair, had been visiting this nest since 2006. Harriet and M15 married in the late fall of 2015, after Ozzie died in the early fall of 2015. This is their fifth season at this location as a mated pair.
While they can be seen in the vicinity throughout the year, they only live in this nest between October and May.
In a Slash Pine tree, the nest is 60 feet above the ground. The nest decayed and ultimately came apart in the spring of 2016.
The nest camera has a South East orientation.
For the 2006-2007 nesting season, the couple moved the nest from across the street to its current location. The Florida State Monitoring Program has assigned this nest the code LE026-B. It has been tracked for the past eight years at this site.
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