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This summer my family and I had a chance to see the about 5 nest hatch over a 3 day period in August on Anna Maria Island, Florida.

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Turtles Hatching

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Turtles Hatching

Baby turtle walk to water

The first day we were out on the beach and saw a group of people just huddle around loggerhead nest. we walk up and just happen to see the last of them heading for the water around 10 pm.

So the next day we went looking for nest and found that about 10 nest were expected to hatch over the next 2 day. We went to Best Buy bought to 2 set of 12 IR Led flood light for our night shot Sony camera and brought along a couple of red led flashlight and a orange/yellow filter flash light to fine the nest. We arrive at one of the nest at 9:30 pm and the nest had hatched only 3 turtles were left pretty cool for the kids to watch. then we walk up on a nest a half mile up the beach and it was half done saw about 20 turtles. My wife & family enjoy watch this one too. still excited about the other nest we just saw, we walk a little further and came across a sunken nest about 11pm. We looked at the nest no flipper print in the sand and the nest was 2 day over due. so we sat around for about an hour to see what would happen, just when we were ready to leave a head appeared out of the sand. so we sat down and waited. about an hour later another head appear and then another and another. but then it stop for about 20 minutes. then all of a sudden like someone just threw a stick into a fire ant mound. A hundred baby turtle push there way to the surface all at once and made a mad dash down the beach to the water. Here is the 25 minutes of video we took that night edited down to 3 - 2 minute clips. The nest hatching, the run to the water and baby turtle walking into the surf.

The Arrival of the Loggerhead Turtles
90 percent of the loggerhead nests found in the United States are in Florida
May 1 through October 31
Water temperature is one of the cues used to regulate the onset of the nesting season and the interval between nesting emergences. Sea turtles usually nest at night but there are notable exceptions. In Florida several instances of daylight nesting by loggerhead (like This One), green, and leatherback turtles have been reported,

HATCHING Loggerhead Sea turtles pictures.
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