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 # 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 # 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 #35

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today I am still in San Diego and just starting to really get into making the molds of the turtles. One of the Turtles that we are working with is an Olive Ridley sea turtle.It was caught in a long line and drowned.
No explanation is needed for this photo.
This picture was taken with a 60 mm lens
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A Sea Turtle picture a day #15

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture a day. Today we are heading back down to Mexico.This picture is of a Olive Ridley(Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchling that is struggling getting thru some vegetation that is growing along the shore line. I really liked the color of the flowers and the size relationship with the hatchlings. All of the hatchlings made it thru the vegetation and down into the ocean saftely.
This picture was taken with a 60mm lens

a turtle photo a day: Day #3

This is was a really fun photo to take.It was taken at a sea turtle hatchery in Colima Mexico.I was volunteering there in August of 2008 and as part of my duties I had to release the hatchlings along the beach that had hatched the night before. This photo was taken right after I placed them in the sand.
They are Olive Ridleys(Lepidochelys olivacea)They are one of the most common sea turtle seen in and around Colima Mexico
A 60 mm macro lens was used to get this shot