Sea Turtle Update as of July 22, 2011

Sea Turtle Nesting Stats As of July 22, 2011
	Nests	False Crawls	Hatches
Sanibel East End	35	81	3
Sanibel West End	230* **	334	32**
Captiva	73	50	31
TOTAL	338	465	66

Most nests on the islands are Loggerhead. However, this year we have one Kemps Ridley** and five Greens * included in the totals above. Read about the Kemp's Ridley.

Please do not disturb nesting sea turtles. There have been reports of several nesting attempts disturbed by onlookers. If a turtle fails after several nesting attempts, she will eject her eggs into the Gulf, so failed attempts -- false crawls -- are serious.
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