2012 ST. GEORGE ISLAND SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASON SUMMARY

By the numbers:

286 Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) turtle nests

2 Green (Chelonia mydas) turtle nests

260 false crawls (a turtle emerges from the water, crawls onshore, but does not nest)

5 nests disorients by house lights

6 nests found depredated by coyote before being screened for protection and monitoring

211 nests washed away by T.S. Debby, T.S. Isaac, and south winds and high tides,

77 nests evaluated for hatchling success

64 nests hatched to some extent

@ 4250 hatchlings counted as left the nests

@ 821 people attended presentations on Sea Turtles at ANERR


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