Post #688366 by AlohaStation on Fri, Aug 2, 2013 7:08 AM

There is a sea turtle rescue place close to my house that I take my girls to a lot. They have a fund-raising program that allows the general public to come and see up close the nesting and release of sea turtles. In June, we did got to see the turtles laying eggs on the beach. Since we did that program we were eligible to return for the bay turtle release. The baby turtles are collected from nests that have hatched. Once nest hatches, the researchers go in and excavate the nest to collect info on hatch ratios... There are usually some hatchlings that can not make it out of the nest. In nature these babies are doomed. The researchers collect these stragglers and release them later on the same beach at night. There are 2 species that we got release.

First are loggerheads. The red light helps us to see but does not disturb the turtles.

Second were the Green turtles. Less of these but super cute!