Showing posts with label hatchlings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hatchlings. Show all posts
March 29, 2013
The Survival of the Sea Turtle
January 2, 2013
The City Dark: How Lights Can Confuse Baby Turtles
This short segment of "The City Dark" from the PBS show POV provides a great explanation of how sea turtle hatchlings navigate to the
water and why beachfront lighting is a problem. There's even footage of hatchlings making their way to the water (or at least trying!)
August 3, 2011
Hatches, Hatches Everywhere!
Sea turtle hatching season is well underway on the islands. Seventy nests have hatched on Sanibel and 36 on Captiva. Most of these have been loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nests, but our first green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nest has also hatched!
Three days after a nest hatches volunteers with the turtle program excavate the nest and inventory the contents. So far, our largest nest had a total of 144 eggs and our smallest nest had only 42 eggs.
Remember, if you come across a sea turtle hatchling on the beach, leave it where you find it and notify SCCF immediately. We'll give you directions for what to do next to protect the hatching.
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| Green turtle hatchling from a nest on Sanibel. Photo by A. Bryant |
Three days after a nest hatches volunteers with the turtle program excavate the nest and inventory the contents. So far, our largest nest had a total of 144 eggs and our smallest nest had only 42 eggs.
Remember, if you come across a sea turtle hatchling on the beach, leave it where you find it and notify SCCF immediately. We'll give you directions for what to do next to protect the hatching.
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