A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 218

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to The British Virgin Islands.This picture i of a Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchling that has almost made it out of the sand on its journey to reach the ocean.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm macro lens.


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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 194

Welcome back. Today we are heading back to the British Virgin Islands. This picture is of a ghost crab trying to grab a Leatherback Sea turtle hatchling as it emerges from its nest. It is amazing that any of the hatchlings reach the water.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 193

Welcome back. Today we are staying down in the British Virgin Islands. This picture is of a Leatherback sea turtle hatchling as it first emerges from its nest.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm macro lens.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 192

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to The British Virgin Islands. This picture is of 2 young children who were helping me release these 2 leatherback sea turtle hatchlings.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 178

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to the British Virgin Islands. This picture is of a Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchling that has just hatched and is crawling down to the ocean.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm lens.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 175

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to Tortolla in the British Virgin Islands.
Tis picture is of a Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchling that has just emerged from its nest and is making its way down the beach to the Atlantic ocean.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm Macro lens.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 162

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to the British Virgin Islands. Todays picture is of a Leatherback sea turtle hatchling as it is emerging out of the sand.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm macro lens.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 160

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to the beach on the island of Tortolla in the British Virgin Islands. This picture is of a Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchling as it emerges from its nest.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm lens.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 154

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to the British Virgin Islands. This picture is of a Leatherback hatchling. This hatchling was dug out of a nest that had hatched 2 days prior to digging. We were counting all the eggs that had hatched as well as the ones that did not.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm lens


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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 148

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading to the British Virgin Islands. This is a picture of a Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchling as it heads down the beach towards the ocean from its nest.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm macro lens.


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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 131

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back down to the British Virgin Islands.

This picture is of a Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchling that has just emerged from its nest and is heading down the beach to the ocean.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60m lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 123

Welcome back to a Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to The British Virgin Islands to Tortolla. This is a picture of a Leatherback hatchling as it makes its way along the beach.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60mm lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 120

Welcome Back to a Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to the British Virgin Islands. This is a picture of a Leatherback hatchling right before a wave caries it out on the next phase in its journey of survival. I would love to be on this beach in 10-15 years and be able to see this hatchling return as a nesting female to start this circle of a a Sea Turtles life all over again.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 28-200 mm lens


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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 118

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are going to head back down to The British Virgin Islands. My motivation in picking this picture is after watching the Leatherback turtles move from off the coast of Canada all the way to the Caribbean in the great turtle race.
Hopefully this newly hatched turtle will be able to survive the race out into the surf and the first few years to be able to compete in an upcoming great turtle race 10-15 years from now.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60mm lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 97

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to The British Virgin Islands. This picture is of a Leatherback sea turtle hatchling as it makes its way down the beach towards the ocean.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60mm lens

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3 days until the great turtle adventure starts. Follow along as I and 2 Green Sea Turtles make our way from Vancouver Canada to Tumon Bay Guam

A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 84

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back down to the British Virgin Islands. This picture is of a Leatherback Sea Turtle Hatchling that is just about to get swept out into the ocean. My only hope is that this hatchling will return to this beach in 13-15 years and lay her own nests.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D100 camera with a 60 mm lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 82

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back down to Tortolla British Virgin Islands to witness a Leatherback Sea Turtle Hatchling make its way towards the ocean.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 76

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back to the beaches of the British Virgin Islands. This is a picture we can see the umbilical scar on this Leatherback Sea Turtle Hatchling. The umbilical scar is the residual yolk sac that is drawn into the hatchling and continues to nourish the turtle for a few days after hatching. I just think nature is so cool.Mother nature has packed these hatchlings a yolk lunch so on the first days of their journey they don't have to worry about looking for food.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D100 camera with a 60 mm lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 69

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today I have decided to show a picture that shows the struggle of being a Sea Turtle hatchling on the beach. There are many predators that are waiting on an easy meal and the common beach crab is no exception they wait for the hatchlings to emerge and then grab them by their flippers and drag them down into their burrows buried in the sand.
This picture was taken with a 70-200 mm lens

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A Sea Turtle picture a day # 61

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back down to The British Virgin Islands. This picture is of a Leatherback Sea turtle. The Leatherback is the only species of Sea Turtle that does not have a hard shell. Instead it has a hard leathery skin that has 7 ridges running down the entire length of its body. This hatchling was just starting its journey down the beach towards the ocean.
This picture was taken with a 60 mm lens
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