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Coastal Wildlife Club Turtle Patrol

July 24, 2011

Most any stretch of beach in Florida with sea turtle egg-laying activity has volunteer caretakers who carefully monitor the nesting and keep careful records. The Coastal Wildlife Club in the Englewood, Florida area keeps track of the nests on the beaches in Lee, Charlotte and Sarasota Counties, including Manasota Key, Palm Island, Little Gasparilla Island [...]

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“False Crawls” by Nesting Sea Turtles Under Investigation

May 16, 2011

Sea turtles leave the security of the ocean and crawl up onto Florida beaches at night during the summer to dig a hole and lay their eggs. Sometimes they crawl back to the water without digging a nest and without laying eggs. This is called a “false crawl.” Scientists want to figure out why some [...]

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Sea Turtle vs Dry Land Tortoise

November 1, 2010

As you are walking along a trail to the beach in Florida, you might come across a turtle like the one above, slowly dragging itself along behind the parched, dry, scorching hot sand dunes. You might be tempted to move it down to the water’s edge…but DON’T!!! This is a Florida gopher tortoise. They do [...]

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Sea Turtles Hatching on Fort Desoto Beach Attract Attention

September 9, 2010

Terry Tomalin recently wrote an article for the St. Pete/Clearwater Area CVB website about turtles on Fort Desoto Park beaches. Here’s a quote from the article in which Terry speaks with park supervisor Jim Wilson: In a typical year, more than 150 loggerhead sea turtles successfully nest on St. Petersburg/Clearwater area beaches, and of those, [...]

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Where Do Florida Sea Turtle Hatchlings Go When They Leave the Nest?

July 24, 2010
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Where do hatchling sea turtles go when they leave the nest? The short answer is: they swim like crazy far out to sea until they encounter lines of floating seaweed called Sargassum. That’s where they’ll hide, eat and grow. Once in the Sargassum, some species of young turtles may spend as much as a decade [...]

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What is a Washback?

October 13, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. Ever heard of a “washback?” It’s a young sea turtle that has found itself in a predicament. Marge Bell at Space Coast Beach Buzz has two posts that will introduce you to Wilber the Washback and how he was discovered and cared for by volunteers. The story has a [...]

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Cape Canaveral Sea Turtles: Video Clip

October 1, 2009

Posted by David McRee on BlogTheBeach.com Discovered this informative interview with Air Force Biologist Don George about sea turtles on Cape Canaveral. Thought you might like to see it. Thanks to http://thebeachsideresident.com.

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Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch Volunteers in Action

August 6, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com I recently spent some time on Holmes Beach, near 30th Avenue, with Suzi Fox and several dedicated Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch volunteers. The evening’s mission was to examine several turtle nests that had recently hatched to determine how successful the hatch was. This particular nest was originally deemed [...]

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Loggerhead Turtle Hatchling on Sanibel Island

July 29, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. I discovered a great beach blog tonight (actually, my other half, Sue, discovered it and told me about it). It’s a blog about beach life on Sanibel Island and has a strong nature focus. The blog is called Sanibel Toot’s Lazy Days and  you can find it at http://sanibeltoots.blogspot.com/. [...]

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Florida Aquarium Releases Sea Turtles Near Jensen Beach

July 10, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com Yesterday the folks from the Florida Aquarium traveled to the Jensen Beach area on Florida’s Atlantic coast to release rehabilitated sea turtles. Check out the photos of the turtle release on the Florida Aquarium Facebook page. Based on the photos, it looks like they released a small green sea [...]

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