Tag: sea turtles

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Through week ending: 7/1/26 Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa- 401 Loggerhead, 9 Green, 2 Leatherback Gasparilla- 24 Loggerhead Don Pedro- 166 Loggerhead,...

BGSTA announces first sea turtle hatches

BY ARLENE HALL, BOCA GRANDE SEA TURTLE ASSOC. On June 26, Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association (BGSTA) turtle patrollers documented the 400th sea turtle nest of the 2026 nesting season....

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Through week ending: 6/24/26 Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa- 336 Loggerhead, 9 Green, 2 Leatherback Gasparilla- 20 Loggerhead Don Pedro- 153...

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Through week ending: 6/10/26 Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa- 209 Loggerhead, 5 Green, 2 Leatherback Gasparilla- 10 Loggerhead Don Pedro- 113...

Sea turtle patrollers busy collecting nesting data

BY ARLENE HALLBOCA GRANDE SEA TURTLE ASSOC. With the first month of the 2026 sea turtle nesting season now finished, the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association turtle patrol volunteers have...

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Through week ending 5/27/26 Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa- 84 Loggerhead, 1 Green Gasparilla- 3 Loggerhead Don Pedro- 43 Loggerhead Stump Pass- 21...

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Through week ending 05/20/26 Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa- 49 Loggerhead, 1 Green Gasparilla- 2 Loggerhead Don Pedro- 28 Loggerhead Stump Pass- 13...

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Through week ending 05/13/26 Weekly turtle reports. BGSTA State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa- 11 Loggerhead Gasparilla- 2 Loggerhead Don Pedro- 8 Loggerhead Stump Pass- 2...

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Through week ending: 05/06/26 First week of weekly turtle reports. BGSTA

Grants, volunteers and planning help sea turtle season begin

Above, the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association held its first meeting of the year earlier this month, in preparation for the upcoming sea turtle nesting season, which begins on May 1. For more...