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Winnie released at Coquina Beach
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Winnie released at Coquina Beach

Jun 23, 2025 – Leslie Lake
April 14, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Sea Turtle patrol begins this week on AMI

Sea Turtle patrol begins this week on AMI

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring volunteers are preparing to start the 2025 sea turtle nesting season beginning with turtle patrols on April 15. According…
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October 6, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Sea turtle nesting season comes to an end

Sea turtle nesting season comes to an end

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Sea turtle nesting season comes to an early close due to the remaining nests being washed out by Hurricane Helene. “We had eight nests left prior to Hurricane Helene and it’s l…
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September 17, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Sea turtle season slowing to a crawl

Sea turtle season slowing to a crawl

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – As the sea turtle nesting season slows down, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring volunteers continue excavating hatched nests on local beaches. High surf caus…
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September 2, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Despite tropical storm, Turtle Watch reports successful year

Despite tropical storm, Turtle Watch reports successful year

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Despite the loss of 200 loggerhead sea turtle nests due to flooding caused by Debby, which passed by Anna Maria Island as a tropical storm on Aug. 4-5, it has been a successful ne…
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August 26, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Loggerhead killed by car leaves behind 84 hatchlings

Loggerhead killed by car leaves behind 84 hatchlings

BRADENTON BEACH – The nest laid by a loggerhead sea turtle that was struck and killed by a car on Gulf Drive in June hatched earlier this week, producing 84 hatchlings. “When we conducted the nest e…
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August 20, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Turtle Watch completes post-storm assessment

Turtle Watch completes post-storm assessment

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring has completed a post-storm assessment of the turtle nests remaining on the beach after what was then Tropical Storm Debby p…
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August 12, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Storm washes out more than 160 turtle nests

Storm washes out more than 160 turtle nests

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Following Hurricane Debby, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring volunteers have been assessing the damage to turtle nests on local beaches. Of the 479 nests th…
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August 5, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Turtle Watch marked nests with GPS before Debby

Turtle Watch marked nests with GPS before Debby

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – In advance of Hurricane Debby, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring volunteers secured stakes at the 682 nests on the Island. “Thanks to a generous anonymous d…
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July 17, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Sea turtle nests disturbed at Coquina Beach

Sea turtle nests disturbed at Coquina Beach

BRADENTON BEACH – Upon seeing a group of six people digging around a marked turtle nest at the south end of Coquina Beach on Saturday, two early morning walkers did exactly what they were supposed to…
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July 8, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Second sea turtle nests in daytime

Second sea turtle nests in daytime

ANNA MARIA – More than 100 beachgoers saw an uncommon sight when a nesting loggerhead sea turtle laid her eggs during the day on June 26, the second daytime nesting in a week. Anna Maria Island Turt…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting