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Sarasota News Leader January 18, 2013 Page 90 Siesta Seen [provides] sufficient parking spaces on-site and along the public right-of-way. This is consistent with the Siesta Key Overlay District requirements (SKOD). Restaurant management has indicated to Code Enforcement officials that any valet parking will be on the property and no public spaces will be utilized." "On top of the light were two birds in the nest," she wrote me in an email. "I have seen them about this time of year for the last several years," she added. Helen was hopeful I could get a photo or two, "to let the public see how beautiful [the birds] are." A NEW NEST Fortunately, I was able to secure some assisAbout 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 4, Helen Clifford — a tance with those photos, which I am including director of both the Siesta Key Association with the column this week. and Siesta Key Condominium Council — was Otus Rufous, The Sarasota News Leader's restraveling home from St. Michael the Archan- ident wildlife expert, pointed out to me when gel Catholic Church when she spotted a nest I consulted with him, "All I could think of was on the support structure for the stoplight at 'location, location! Ugly nesting site, but birds Midnight Pass Road and Beach Road. are very opportunistic creatures!" % The Osprey nest is easily visible to drivers approaching the Midnight Pass Road/Beach Road intersection on Siesta Key. File photo