Nesting notes: Summer’s slowdown
Sea turtle nesting is winding down on Anna Maria Island while the last of the island’s least tern chicks have […]
Nesting notes: nest hatching underway
Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring is seeing a sea turtle hatch success rate above 70%. During this […]
Nesting notes: 1st hatchlings emerge, disorientations disappoint
The sea turtle nesting season entered a new phase the week ending July 10, as the island’s first hatchlings emerged […]
Nesting notes: Bayside nest documented
Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring was still awaiting the season’s first sea turtle nest hatch as of […]
Nesting notes: Declaration of shared shore
Adopted by the beachgoers of Anna Maria Island, in recognition of those who were here first. When in the course […]
Nesting notes: Coyote hits shorebird colonies
A coyote has dealt a blow to nesting shorebirds in Bradenton Beach. Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring […]
Nesting notes: Double the delight
Sea turtle nesting activity on Anna Maria Island surged, with numbers reported May 29 doubling compared to the week prior, […]
Nesting notes: On AMI beaches, mothers, hatchlings 1st
This Mother’s Day weekend on Florida’s Gulf Coast, some mothers will be laboring under cover of darkness, crawling ashore, digging […]