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Go to YourObserver.com/weather to submit a photo or several photos! Each week, we will choose a photo to run on the weather page of our print edition.
All submissions will be entered for the 2023-24 Weather and Nature photo contest. In February 2024, you will vote for your favorite photo, and the submission with the most votes will win a $500 gift card.
To see past entries, also visit our Facebook page: Facebook.com/ObserverGroup.
![Pam Ringquist took this photo of these six baby alligators just off Deer Road near a pond in Waterside at Lakewood Ranch.](https://media.yourobserver.com/img/photos/2023/03/08/03.09.23_Weather_East_County_t850.jpg?94beabde1e982a4eee8f83697e93b1d92468de7c)
Pam Ringquist took this photo of these six baby alligators just off Deer Road near a pond in Waterside at Lakewood Ranch.
![John Harkness captured this white pelican taking flight from sandbar on Sarasota Bay.](https://media.yourobserver.com/img/photos/2023/03/08/03.09.23_Weather_Sarasota_t850.jpg?94beabde1e982a4eee8f83697e93b1d92468de7c)
John Harkness captured this white pelican taking flight from sandbar on Sarasota Bay.
![Mary Kondrat captured this cloud formation over Longboat Key.](https://media.yourobserver.com/img/photos/2023/03/08/03.09.23_Weather_Longboat_t850.jpg?94beabde1e982a4eee8f83697e93b1d92468de7c)
Mary Kondrat captured this cloud formation over Longboat Key.
![Gordon Silver captured this photo of a yellow leg sandpiper along the water’s edge at a lake in Del Webb of Lakewood Ranch.](https://media.yourobserver.com/img/photos/2023/03/01/03.02.23_Weather_East_County_t850.jpg?94beabde1e982a4eee8f83697e93b1d92468de7c)
Gordon Silver captured this photo of a yellow leg sandpiper along the water’s edge at a lake in Del Webb of Lakewood Ranch.
![Mary Kondrat captured this photo of sandpipers lining the beach at sunset on Longboat Key.](https://media.yourobserver.com/img/photos/2023/03/01/03.02.23_Weather_Longboat_t850.jpg?94beabde1e982a4eee8f83697e93b1d92468de7c)
Mary Kondrat captured this photo of sandpipers lining the beach at sunset on Longboat Key.
![Julie Ann Bakker captured this photo of an egret catching some sun at Marina Jack.](https://media.yourobserver.com/img/photos/2023/03/01/03.02.23_Weather_Sarasota_t850.jpg?94beabde1e982a4eee8f83697e93b1d92468de7c)
Julie Ann Bakker captured this photo of an egret catching some sun at Marina Jack.
![Gordon Silver captured a sunrise off University Parkway in Lakewood Ranch.](https://media.yourobserver.com/img/photos/2023/02/22/02.23.23_Weather_East_County_t850.jpg?94beabde1e982a4eee8f83697e93b1d92468de7c)
Gordon Silver captured a sunrise off University Parkway in Lakewood Ranch.
![Jenelle Alber captured this photo of a white ibis at Beer Can Island on Longboat Key.](https://media.yourobserver.com/img/photos/2023/02/22/02.23.23_Weather_Longboat_t850.jpg?94beabde1e982a4eee8f83697e93b1d92468de7c)
Jenelle Alber captured this photo of a white ibis at Beer Can Island on Longboat Key.
![Diane Suner captured this photo of a great blue heron looking for dinner at Bird Key Park.](https://media.yourobserver.com/img/photos/2023/02/22/02.23.23_Weather_Sarasota_t850.jpg?94beabde1e982a4eee8f83697e93b1d92468de7c)
Diane Suner captured this photo of a great blue heron looking for dinner at Bird Key Park.
![Gordon Silver captured a black bellied whistler duck with her seven kids along a lake in Del Webb.](https://media.yourobserver.com/img/photos/2023/02/15/02.16.23_Weather_East_County_t850.jpg?94beabde1e982a4eee8f83697e93b1d92468de7c)
Gordon Silver captured a black bellied whistler duck with her seven kids along a lake in Del Webb.
![E.J. Benioni captured this photo of a crab coming out of its shell on Longboat Key.](https://media.yourobserver.com/img/photos/2023/02/15/02.16.23_Weather_Longboat_t850.jpg?94beabde1e982a4eee8f83697e93b1d92468de7c)
E.J. Benioni captured this photo of a crab coming out of its shell on Longboat Key.
![Becky Edwards took this photo of an orchid in bloom in Sarasota.](https://media.yourobserver.com/img/photos/2023/02/15/02.16.23_Weather_Sarasota_t850.jpg?94beabde1e982a4eee8f83697e93b1d92468de7c)
Becky Edwards took this photo of an orchid in bloom in Sarasota.
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