tok AUDUBON BULLETIN 
Published Quarterly by the 
Pini leNsO se AU DU BON: StO'C LE T Y 
2001 NortTH CLARK STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 
Number 63 September, 1947 
Bird Notes on a Florida Key 
By Harry R. SMITH 
CABBAGE KEY, or Palmetto Island, as it is designated on the Government 
Charts, is one of the many islands in Pine Island Sound immediately south 
of Charlotte Harbor on the west coast of Florida. It is reached by a 
six-mile boat trip from Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island, or by sea plane 
from Punta Gorda or Ft. Myers on the mainland. 
Sand Spur at Cabbage Key 
When Mrs. Smith and I arrived at Cabbage Key on Easter Sunday we 
were more fortunate than the average Florida vacationists, for the island 
is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Stults, who had been our good friends 
and close neighbors in Evanston for many years. Furthermore, the 
spacious inn they operate, originally built and beautifully furnished as a 
private dwelling, is their year-round home. 
The key is very irregular in shape, and comprises about 110 acres. 
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