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Sarasota News Leader August 2, 2013 Page 84 Siesta Seen Montague said on July 30 that the County Commission will have to approve the purchase and installation of the signs when it returns in August from its summer recess. Once the board votes, it should take about two weeks to order the materials and about another week to get everything put in place — call it a month, he added. Harriott, and Patterson regarding those "wigwag" lights. When Patterson asked what he meant by "wigwag," Harriott explained that it is a type of strobe light, adding, "I learned today that the term 'wig wag' is common in law enforcement and describes the alternating flashing lights seen on emergency vehicles." "They know it's a pretty important issue to those folks on Siesta Key," he pointed out of He further pointed out, "[The lights] will flash the commissioners. on demand when activated by a pedestrian at the crosswalk. The flashing is brighter and Montague did not have a cost estimate handy when I spoke with him, but he thought it more noticeable, and with the lights being on would be in the vicinity of $13,000. I will not activation, they receive more attention from drivers." hold him to that. By the way, as I was finishing up this column, I Van Roekens also let me know that county found a July 30 email exchange between Mon- staff is working on lighting for the pedestrian tague's boss, Chief County Engineer James K. crosswalks on Midnight Pass Road south of the Stickney Point Road intersection. MORE HELP FOR BABY BIRDS Although information about Siesta's beach-nesting birds was pretty grim a couple of weeks ago, Sarasota Audubon volunteers Bob and Catherine Luckner sent me an update this week with some cheering news. Snowy plover chicks are so tiny, many visitors to Siesta Public Beach find them difficult to see. Photo courtesy of Rick Greenspun and Sarasota Audubon After major destruction was reported in the area of Least Tern and Snowy Plover nests near Beach Accesses 3 and 4 last month, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, state officials, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC] staff and new volunteers all have joined forces to provide more protection, Catherine wrote in a July 30 email.