Tag: Boca Grande Sea Turtle Patrol

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season: 8-26-26

Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa: 531 Loggerhead, 25 Green, 2 Leatherback, 19,207 hatchlings Gasparilla: 32 Loggerhead, 283 hatchlings Don Pedro: 233...

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season: 8-19-26

Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa: 523 Loggerhead, 25 Green, 2 Leatherback, 16,585 hatchlings Gasparilla: 32 Loggerhead, 263 hatchlings Don Pedro: 225...

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season: 8-12-26

Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa: 524 Loggerhead, 23 Green, 2 Leatherback, 12,468 hatchlings Gasparilla: 32 Loggerhead, 151 hatchlings Don Pedro: 226...

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season: 8-5-26

Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa: 514 Loggerhead, 20 Green, 2 Leatherback, 6992 hatchlings Gasparilla: 32 Loggerhead, 55 hatchlings Don Pedro: 221...

Sea Turtle Association marks mid-season victories, challenges

BY ARLENE HALL, BOCA GRANDE SEA TURTLE ASSOC. As of July 31, Gasparilla Island was at the halfway point of the May-October sea turtle nesting season. As of Wednesday, August 5, the Boca Grande...

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season: 7-29-26

Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa: 510 Loggerhead, 19 Green, 2 Leatherback, 6992 hatchlings Gasparilla: 31 Loggerhead Don Pedro: 210 Loggerhead, 33 Green,...

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season: 7-22-26

Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa: 497 Loggerhead, 17 Green, 2 Leatherback, 4830 hatchlings Gasparilla: 29 Loggerhead Don Pedro: 201 Loggerhead, 30 Green,...

Storms washing away unhatched eggs, but nesting still remains strong

Above, a nest near downtown washed away in the heavy surf. BGSTA photo BY ARLENE HALLBOCA GRANDE SEA TURTLE ASSOC. With this week’s tropical depression (later Tropical Storm Bertha) just...

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Through week ending: 7/15/26 Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa: 507 Loggerhead, 14 Green, 2 Leatherback, 2285 hatchlings Gasparilla: 28 Loggerhead Don...

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Through week ending: 7/8/26 Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa- 449 Loggerhead, 12 Green, 2 Leatherback Gasparilla- 26 Loggerhead Don Pedro- 189...