A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 216

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to a Sea Turtle hatchery in Mexico. At this hatchery they collect the Sea Turtle eggs after they have been laid by the turtles and then they are re buried in a secure area. Once the little hatching's emerge from the sand they are collected and released in the sand along the waters edge. You might be asking yourself why even collect them. Sea Turtle eggs are still being illegally collected for human consumption in some parts of Mexico and this is one way to help the survival of the hatching's.

Today's picture is of a head started Green Turtle.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 # 197

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to Rocky Point Sonora Mexico. This picture is of a Hawksbill Sea Turtle that has a satellite transmitter on its back. This female turtle was caught by fishermen and brought to a marine school. It lived here for 9 years. A researcher convinced the school that they should release this turtle and follow its movements with a satellite tag.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 20-200 mm lens.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 183

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to Mexico. This picture is of a skull of a Green Sea Turtle. When I was down in Colima Mexico last year I was asked to photograph all of the dead turtles that had washed up along the beach along a 10 mile stretch of the coastline. In all I photographed 25 dead turtles. Some of them had been there for many years. I dont really know what the researcher is doing with these photographs.

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 # 181

Welcome back. Today we are going to Mexico. This picture is of a group of Olive Ridley hatchlings that were making their way down the beach towards the water.

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 # 165

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to Mexico. This is a picture of a Green Sea Turtle that is being head started at a hatchery. After this turtle reaches ! year old it will be released into 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 # 161

Welcome back to a Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to Mexico. This picture is of 3 leatherback sea turtle figurines that are used by the Seri Indian Tribe in ceremonial celebrations.the picture was taken at a celebration the Seri put on at the 28th annual International Annual Sea Turtle Symposium in Loreto Baja Mexico.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 150

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to Mexico. This picture is of a few Green Sea Turtle hatchlings that have emerged from their nest at a Sea Turtle hatchery. After this picture was taken they were brought down to the waters edge to be allowed to crawl down the beach and into 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 # 128

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are going to head back down to Mexico. Last summer(2008) I worked at a turtle hatchery in Mexico for a month. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas). This particular turtle was raised in the hatchery for 1 year and then released.

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

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 122

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to Colima Mexico. This picture is of my little assistant that was helping me at a turtle hatchery. She is releasing an Olive Ridley Sea Turtle hatchling that has just emerged from its nest in the hatchery.

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 # 107

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to Colima Mexico to a Sea turtle hatchery. At this hatchery they collect the eggs after the turtles lay them and then bring them to a hatchery to let them hatch. In some parts of Mexico people still collect the eggs to eat.
This picture is of a hatchling that has been held at the hatchery for a year and will be released in the coming days.

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 # 89

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to Colima Mexico to a nesting beach. This is a picture of a Green Sea turtle hatchling as it is heading down to the water line.

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

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 85

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to Rocky Point Mexico. This picture is of a Hawksbill sea turtle that has a satellite transponder attached to its shell.

This Female Hawksbill was held in captivity here for 8 years after being caught in a fisherman's net. She is the first adult Hawksbill to have a satellite transponder attached to her in the Eastern Pacific.

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

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 81

Welcome back to a Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today I am going to attempt to upload a short 10 second video clip. This clip was shot down on the beach in Colima Mexico. It is of a Olive Ridley Sea Turtle as she is heading back out into the ocean after she has laid a nest. It was taken at night using night shot on the camera.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 80

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back down to Mexico. This picture is of a group of a few hundred Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) that have just hatched and are starting to move down the beach.

This Picture was taken with a Nikon D100 with a 60 mm macro lens

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A Sea Turtle picture a day # 67

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down south of the border to a private school in Rocky Point. The reason we are here is to help with the release of a an adult female Hawksbill that has been in captivity there for 8 years. This turtle was caught by local fishermen and brought to the school. We were there to attach a satellite transmitter to her shell to track her movements once we released her.
As you can tell by the picture this was a very big event in this little city.
She is currently still transmitting and is just south of Loreto which is in the Baja Peninsula.

This picture was taken with a 28-200 mm lens

For those of you interested in watching sea turtle tracking you can go to www.seaturtle.org and click on the tracking link and follow turtles all over the world.

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A Sea Turtle picture a day # 66

Welcome back to aA Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back down to Colima Mexico to a Green Sea Turtle nesting beach.
This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)Hatchling right as it is about to be swept off of the beach and out into the ocean.
This picture was taken with a 60mm lens
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A Sea Turtle picture a day # 62

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back down to Colima Mexico to a Sea Turtle hatchery that I have volunteered at. At the Hatchery we collect the eggs from the nests right after the turtles lay them to protect them from poachers. In 45-55 days the hatchlings emerge. We then count and collect them from their nests and release them along the beach.
This picture is of a little Mexican girl who's dad volunteered to help at the hatchery holding a newly hatched Green Sea Turtle Hatchling.
This picture was taken with a 70-200 mm Lens
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A Sea Turtle picture a day # 58

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are going to be heading back down to Mexico. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling that is making its first crawl in the sand down to the beach.
This turtle was raised in a hatchery. In Mexico people still eat Sea Turtle eggs. So turtle eggs are gathered and reburied in protected areas and after they hatch the babies are released into the ocean.
Hopefully in 12 to 20 years this hatchling if it is a girl will crawl back up this beach and lay her own set of eggs.

This picture was taken with a 60 mm Macro lens

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A Sea Turtle picture a day # 56

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back down to Colima Mexico. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle hatchling entering the water.
This picture was taken with a 70-200 mm lens
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A Sea Turtle picture a day # 55

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down south of the border to Mexico. This picture is of a group of Green Sea Turtle hatchlings that were heading thru the vegetation to the water. Their nest had been laid up in the area of the beach where grass and plants met the sand. In the early morning these plants have flowers that open up. The contrast between the hatchlings and the flowers really caught my attention. The flowers are less than 2 inches tall.
This picture was taken with a 60 mm lens
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