2007 Sea Turtle Nests

 

Gulf Islands National Seashore

Perdido Key

Nest # Date Species Hatch Date (incubation days) *=projected hatch date Hatch Data & Notes:
1 7/16/07 Loggerhead September 12*  
2 8/6/07 Loggerhead October 1*  
         

Fort Pickens

Nest # Date Species Hatch Date (*projected)  Hatch Data & Notes:
1 6/29/07 Green? August 27* Nest active...hatchlings emerging soon!
2 7/7/07 Green September 2* Is one of these nests Halie, our tagged turtle from 2002, returning?
3 7/15/07 #1 Loggerhead September 10*  
4 7/15/07 #2 Loggerhead September 10*  
5 7/25/07 Green September 20*  
         

 

Santa Rosa Area (Between Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach) 

Nest # Date Species Hatch Date (incubation days) Hatch Data & Notes
1 7/12/07 Green September 8*  
2 7/29/07 Loggerhead September 25*  
         

 

Pensacola Beach

Nest # Date Species Hatch Date (*projected) Hatch Data & Notes
1 6/27/07 Loggerhead August 24 (58 days) 98 hatchlings out of 142 eggs.  69% hatching success.  Check out pictures of the emergence by clicking HERE.
2 7/13/07 Loggerhead September 9*  
         

 

Navarre Beach  

Nest # Date Species Hatch Date (*projected)  Hatch Data & Notes
1 6/6/07 Loggerhead August 9 (64 days) 105 hatchlings out of 108 eggs.  97.2% hatching success.
2 6/16/07 Loggerhead August 16 (61 days) 94 hatchlings out of 98 eggs.  95.9% hatching success.
3 7/1/07 Loggerhead August 19*  
         

 

Perdido Key State Recreation Area (from AL line to Johnson Beach)
    -Special thanks Anne Harvey and the Big Lagoon & PK State Recreation Areas for informing us about these nests.

Nest # Date Species Hatch Date (*projected) Hatch Data & Notes
1 5/14/07 Kemp's ridley? July 13* Nest innundated from T.S. Barry on 6/2/07
2 6/3/07 Loggerhead July 31*  
3 7/5/07 Loggerhead August 30*  
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6 7/21/07 Loggerhead September 17*  
         
 

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* = Projected hatch dates based on data from nesting in recent years.  Since length of incubation of sea turtle eggs is related to beach temperature, weather conditions during the summer will affect these dates.  Above normal temperatures will speed incubation, below normal temperatures will slow incubation.  Projected dates therefore are + or - approximately 7 days.  See About Sea Turtle Nests for more details.