Turtle Watch resumes annual nest excavations

  • Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch volunteer Eric Linden shows spectators a live sea turtle hatchling found inside the nest being excavated. Photos by Holly Dorman.
    Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch volunteer Eric Linden shows spectators a live sea turtle hatchling found inside the nest being excavated. Photos by Holly Dorman.
  • Jan Linden from the Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch digs through an emerged sea turtle nest near Burney Park. This particular nest had three live hatchlings inside.
    Jan Linden from the Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch digs through an emerged sea turtle nest near Burney Park. This particular nest had three live hatchlings inside.
  • Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch volunteer Ronda Bokram releases three sea turtle hatchlings into the ocean. These hatchlings were found alive inside an emerged nest.
    Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch volunteer Ronda Bokram releases three sea turtle hatchlings into the ocean. These hatchlings were found alive inside an emerged nest.
  • Volunteers place any live hatchlings found inside emerged nests in a plastic bucket with moist sand until they release them all at once into the ocean.
    Volunteers place any live hatchlings found inside emerged nests in a plastic bucket with moist sand until they release them all at once into the ocean.
    Now that sea turtle hatchlings have started emerging from their nests to find new homes in the ocean, sea turtle enthusiasts have the chance to be part of nest excavations with the Amelia Island Se...

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