Turtle Time Traditional Cache
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One of the important aspects of Sanibel is to preserve, and the nesting turtles are a huge part of that! Turtle nesting season runs from May 1st to October 31st.
The summer of 2013 was the third highest nesting year on record for Sanibel and Captiva. Sanibel finished out the 2013 nesting season with 328 loggerhead nests, 21 green turtle nests, and 511 false crawls (509 loggerhead and 2 green). Captiva had 132 loggerhead nests, 2 green turtle nests, and 80 false crawls (78 loggerhead and 2 green). Each day during nesting season, May to October, the 18 miles of Gulf beaches from the Sanibel Island Lighthouse to the tip of Captiva are checked for new hatchlings.
Sea turtles are among the world’s oldest creatures. These ancient reptiles have long fascinated people around the world. Sea turtles can move through the water at speeds of up to 15 mi per hour. This is surprising considering their enormous weight. Adult males reach about three feet in shell length and weigh about 250 pounds, but large specimens of more than 1,000 pounds have been found. Their average life span is more than 50 years. And mature females will often return, sometimes over thousands of miles, to the beach where they hatched to lay their eggs.
Sanibel Island & Captiva Island’s beaches provide the perfect subtropical nesting area for sea turtles, but please be sure to follow the guidelines of Sanibel Island and Captiva Island:
1. Turn off all lights that could draw attention away from the Gulf of Mexico to the land. No light should be shining toward the beach.
2. Do not leave anything like beach umbrellas, shoes, sand pales, etc on the beach. These are obstacles for the babies.
3. Fill in any holes you created – like when you are out building sand castles on our beautiful beaches.
4. Do not use flash photography to catch the little guys making their way back to the Gulf. You know how it feels to be ‘blinded by the light.” The babies won’t be able to find their way – so no flashes, please.
If you follow these simple guidelines, you can help ensure that the baby sea turtles can find their way back to the water, where they need to be.
Turtle nesting season runs from May 1st to October 31st
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