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Sea Turtles Hatching on Fort Desoto Beach Attract Attention

Sea Turtles Hatching on Fort Desoto Beach Attract Attention

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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Loggerhead sea turtle eggs are of a soft leathery consistency so they don't break when the turtle drops them into the nest hole. Here you can see some eggs that failed to hatch among the remains of eggs that did hatch.

Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch Volunteers in Action

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

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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