Sea Turtle Update

Sea Turtle Research and Monitoring

	Sea Turtle Nesting Stats As of July 29, 2011
		Nests	False Crawls	Hatches
	Sanibel East End	35	83	8
	Sanibel West End	235* **	349	40**
	Captiva	75	52	36
	TOTAL	345	484	84

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.