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One of the amazing aspects of Brigantine in late spring is the sheer volume of turtles one can encounter. On a single trip I have seen four species of turtle, which must be my all time high in one day. Happy turtling! They are also easily my favorite species of turtle. How could anyone not like these things?
Meet Tim; he’s a baby Olive Ridley Turtle. On this one morning when I first met Tim, I counted 110 Olive Ridley Turtle nests exploding out and scuttling for the “saftey” of the ocean. Oh, look at all those parallel lines running down the beach, those are all baby turtle tracks as far as the eye can see!
Since 2006 a pair of Bald Eagles ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ) nesting at Turtle Bay in Redding California have successfully raised a dozen eaglets! This year when the pair returned to Turtle Bay, they decided to build a new nest in an adjacent tree.
Pied Oystercatcher breeding area-July to October Pied Oystercatcher sitting on eggs-July We are now at the time of year when Flatback Turtles come ashore to lay their eggs along our coastline and they usually do it during the night around high tide. So, our beach nesting has changed from birds nesting to turtles nesting!
This is a little late, so I am sure they have grown by now, but just look at how adorable these little sea turtles are! I adore turtles, and am happy to know that SeaWorld Orlando saved these hatchlings from Hurricane Bill. Tiny Turtles originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 11, 2009. Photo by SeaWorld.
According to this article, "at least 25 sea turtles have washed up dead on Mississippi beaches over the past few days, according to multiple media reports. So far, there is no evidence that the oil spill killed the turtles, but tests are ongoing." Tags: oil spill marine life marine animals turtles Gulf of Mexico.
I'm not posting this because of the rescue (which is a good thing), but because of HOW this turtle was blinded. Fishermen in Greece deliberately blinding turtles? Tags: UK greece animal rescue turtles. From the BBC. The aquarium said it hoped Homer would help raise awareness about the plight of his species.
True, most of our migrant breeding birds start to return in April, but in May even the late arrivals – Turtle Doves, Swifts, Spotted Flycatchers and Nightjars – finally appear. Sadly, though I have seen all four this year, I haven’t managed to find an English Spotted Flycatcher nor Turtle Dove. A Kerkini Turtle Dove.
Here's an article about the potential impacts on sea turtles, many starting to show up dead or sick. Tags: 2010 oil spill sea turtles Gulf of Mexico. Each day, I'm having a harder and harder time wrapping my mind around the enormity of this disaster and its ecological impacts.
Five of the world’s seven sea turtle species inhabit the Bahamas, and previously it was legal to kill any sea turtle species found there except one, the hawksbill. Tags: turtles Bahamas endangered species. About time. Now, they are all protected.
SeaWorld aquarist Jenny Albert covers up a “cold stunned” endangered green turtle to keep the animal warm at SeaWorld’s Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. This influx of turtles gives the park’s Sea Turtle Rescue Program more than 1,000 turtles rescued since its inception in 1980. The SeaWorld team does great work!
We have a real love of turtles, so it is always great to hear of people helping care for them. Recently the SeaWorld Orlando animal rescue team received two hawksbill turtle hatchlings that were about two months old. This turtle was covered with algae and fauna, as seen in the photo.
If you remember, SeaWorld Orlando had been caring for two baby hawksbill turtles that were rescued. Watch the video below for more information and to see the adorable juvenile turtles in action! We are excited about this update to a story we brought to you in April. They have now been returned to the sea off the coast of Florida!
It contains information about the resident and migratory shorebirds and also the Flatback turtles that nest along the coastline. Turtle nesting information. New signage has been installed at the beach in recent years. It is great to see that Pied Oystercatchers are mentioned!
Since this particular outing denied me the use of my truly dreadful joke above, I’ll have to end with this observation: Jonathan and I were wondering how a cumbersome turtle had managed to climb up this tire… …when we noticed what we both thought was another lone turtle resting on a rock.
I managed to see my first Loggerhead Turtle within the mangroves, an unfortunate soul that became trapped within the maze of roots during an exceptionally high tide and lost its life. I’ll spare you the pictures of the dead sea turtle and instead share something a little brighter.
Hope Cemetery was much improved by a number of Chipping Sparrows and a single errant baby Snapping Turtle. As grumpy as these daily 30-degree temperature swings are making me, you have to wonder how the birds are reacting. My family’s walk through Rochester’s historic Mt.
Normally there is four-wheel drive access along a section of Cable Beach, but the Shire in recent years acknowledged that the flatback turtles needed help to survive. Originally the beach access was closed for a few hours each side of the biggest tides and then four-wheel drives would hopefully not drive or park on nest sites.
A Flatback Turtle was just returning to the sea after spending most of the night nesting above the high tide mark. This is the first record of a Flatback Turtle nesting on Cable Beach this season and the nest will hatch out in due course without the large female Flatback Turtle returning to shore. Flatback Turtle nest.
Bird rehabbers receive calls for injured turtles; veterinarians are contacted about skunks in basements. This is a godsend for wildlife professionals who are constantly swamped with calls from Good Samaritans desperately searching for help.
Officials reported 48 marine mammals, mostly dolphins, and 87 dead sea turtles during the first two months alone. We documented the relocation of several turtle nests. Turtles continue to die at significant rates in the Gulf of Mexico. The babies that hatched from these eggs were released on Florida’s east coast.
And this turtle must be someone’s escaped pet, since Painted Turtles should not be found in the wild much beyond the southern U.S. But there also is something special about nature itself perfectly framing a shot: As so often happens, I also have a pair of non-bird photos to share.
Pied Oystercatchers feeding Pied Oystercatcher investigates three sea cucumbers Before we ventured out onto the reef we came across a Hawksbill Turtle that had stranded on the beach and it had lost part of one of its rear flippers at some stage. We helped it out and returned it to the reef, so hopefully it will be OK.
Our guide through the woods and towns of Indiana is one Nathan Lochmueller, who looks back to tell the tale of a coming of age that involves a lot of crawling through the woods on breeding-bird surveys, a lot of beer, and a few scrapes with implacable forces like the law, armed KKK members, and snapping turtles.
But the turtle action was pretty intense. Sorry about this perch; these Mud Turtles are taking the sun on a discarded Mexican-made General Popo-brand tire. The water level in tiny pond #2 is now quite low, and the only shorebirds there were a Great Egret and a Snowy Egret.
European Turtle Doves , European Bee-eaters , Red-backed Shrikes , Eurasian Hoopoes , Sand Martins and Great Reed Warblers breed here and are conspicuous in spring. Dubovacki Rit; photos (3) by Slobodan Puzovic. Dubovacki Rit , Labudovo okno. Getting there: From Belgrade through Pancevo, Kovin and Gaj.
This sleepy fishing village on the north coast of Trinidad should ring a bell – it boasts the densest nesting population of Leatherback Turtles in the entire western hemisphere. As grim as the prospects seemed, we knew that we had planned to stay there for two nights and should have ample opportunities to see both turtles and guans.
The boardwalk itself brought amazing, up-close viewing of fish and turtles, plus overhanging sweet gum, live oak, and bald cypress trees. He excitedly ran across the wooden boardwalk as I heard Carolina Chickadees, Carolina Wrens , and a Barred Owl hooting.
Baby turtles and crocodiles are born as miniature versions of adults. Sure, turtles and crocs are tiny and vulnerable and most of them get eaten by monitor lizards, seagulls, big fish, or other predators. Some birds do this a little.
Two doves on the wire… Here, I would expect them to be European Turtle-Doves , as opposed to Collared Doves , but they are against the light… until a soft turrr – turrr comes from that direction. Loess bluff with numerous bee-eaters and one Northern Wheatear and, cut into a low grassy ridge, the set of tracks veers right.
asked Erin, who is primarily a turtle rehabber. Here’s one: ‘the turtle’s head exploded.’ Eastern Box Turtles.”. More slang?” That’s what we call it when they come in with a ruptured ear abscess. Usually EBTs.”. Hostage negotiations,’” wrote Debbie Souza-Pappas.
Odd fish that appeared to “walk” Often we encounter Hawksbill Turtles in the reef and we found a rather large specimen resting out the low tide in a rock-pool. The Hawksbill Turtle was well camouflaged, but its shape gave it away! Hawksbill Turtle.
Walking north I soon encountered a fresh Flatback Turtle nest from the previous night’s high tide and that should hatch out in about 2 months all going well. The nests have been monitored for some years now so there is now some baseline data on how often the Flatback Turtles nest on Cable Beach and how successful they are.
This high elevation east African species is now known as Dusky Turtle-Dove. Pink-breasted or Dusky Turtle-Dove by Adam Riley. A pair of Pink-billed Teal – better known as Cape Teal by Markus Lilje/Rockjumper Birding Tours. Pink-breasted Dove. Pink-headed Dove.
The northern half of the lake added Corn Bunting , European Turtle Dove , Dalmatian Pelican , Purple Heron , Eurasian Hobby , Eurasian Golden Oriole , Eurasian Green Woodpecker , and only the first of the several Masked Shrikes of the tour (cover photo by Kostas Papadopoulos).
Small and white and rounded and basicly cute, could it not be the Turtle Dove to the rest of the Laridae ‘s Rock Pigeons ? Sure, it makes the birder’s heart race for its sheer listing value, but is it not kind of pretty too? If you would kindly ignore the fact that it eats putrid, bloating seals, it’s adorable.
Key West Wildlife Center takes mostly birds, but will rescue mammals, marine mammals, and both land and sea turtles as well. They kept the hawk for a few days, as he was weak and dehydrated from migration, then released him as well. Last year, 4,000 young Peregrine Falcons swept through the Keys on their way north.
200 metres / 650 feet lower, amid fields, hedges and rivers, I was surrounded by Eurasian Golden Orioles , Common Nightingales , even a few threatened European Turtle Doves. Bird therapy? I was getting up early and making quite a mileage on dirt tracks, spending entire days outdoors, getting tired in a good way.
The risk of bird or turtle nests being crushed by vehicles above the high tide mark is a possibility, but of course it is hard to police these rules. One of several vehicles that I have helped My trusty bike on the beach The local shire allows vehicles on a section of beach near Broome and tries to restrict them to below the high tide mark.
Also, a European Roller and a Turtle Dove made their appearances, too. A family of Eurasian Sparrowhawks showed well on several occasions, than there was one Black Kite , and up to five White-tailed Eagles at once. By the end of the month, Spotted Flycatchers become quite frequent (several), together with Lesser Whitethroats (a few dozen).
It is important to drive slowly due to the crossing of the road of Eastern Long-necked Turtles ! We encountered one crossing the road in 2012, but with the cooler weather this year there was less turtle activity. Eastern Long-necked Turtle. This year we had Satin Bowerbirds hopping across the road instead!
Very similar to Hatarica (1/1) , characteristic birds of these dry and sunny areas are Eurasian Hoopoe , European Bee-eater , European Turtle Dove ; Little Owl , Red-backed Shrike , Woodlark , Skylark and Crested Lark , Sand Martin , Barred Warbler , Northern Wheatear , Tawny and Tree Pipits , Icterine Warbler.
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