Post by Millie Walton. Finding unusual things on the beach can be a real challenge. This photo was recently shared on my FloridaBeachhunter Facebook page. I wasn’t sure exactly what it was, but I could see that it resembled part of a sea turtle shell. Still it looked really odd. A quick Google search for […]
Video below: Thanks to Gio Serrano for sharing this on Facebook, where I saw it. Nice video.
Suzy and I took a trip over to Cocoa Beach this past weekend to give my presentation on beach safety at the Cocoa Beach Library. Friday evening we drove down to Melbourne Beach to get away from the crowd. We took a walk at the Ponce de Leon beach access and found a few turtle […]
So far this season sea turtles have been nesting on Florida’s southwest coast beaches in record numbers. Expectations were high for a very successful nesting season. The great news was being reported on Sanibel, Naples beaches, Anna Maria Island beaches, and just about every beach in southwest Florida. Unfortunately there is a fly in […]
In Summer 2011, a time-lapse photographic study of sea turtle nesting was done on Florida’s Brevard County beaches (Melbourne Beach area) to analyze the behavior of the sea turtles. There was some concern that the educational guided turtle walks conducted by various sea turtle monitoring organizations could be contributing to the number of false […]
If you’re looking for something different this summer, how about watching a sea turtle laying eggs at night on a Florida beach? You’ll have the best chance of seeing a turtle on Florida’s Atlantic coast beaches on a guided turtle walk. Sea turtles do nest along Florida’s Gulf coast, but not in the huge numbers […]
There are those cherished individuals who make life better for other people, and there are those unfortunate individuals who make life more difficult for those around them. These two current news stories illustrate this perfectly. Juanita Schultz, an elderly Englewood beachfront homeowner, is known to call law enforcement to chase beachgoers off her beach, […]
This is a guest post written by Susan Jarvis Moody. Henderson Park Inn Helps Turtles Henderson Park Inn, an exclusive, adults only hotel and restaurant located on the Gulf of Mexico will soon allow 100 tiny turtles to take up temporary residence as they make their way to the water. One third of the word’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
