Loggerhead Turtle Hatchlings Emerge!

[BeachComber7]

Tuesday I caught sharks feeding near the shore and today, hatchlings emerging from their sand nest making a beeline for the surf!

P1110697-CopyNest1shorty_zps1ed35611.mp4 video by JoanT7 - Photobucket

 

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[packerbacker]

Love those turtles!!

 

[cdsieg]

That is really awesome, nice photos!

 

[generic username]

its amazing that they all know where to go after emerging, nature is awesome.

 

[mamabear]

OMGosh! I would love to see that once in my life. without the sharks.

 

[austin]

Aren't these turtles an endangered species? If so, it makes your pics even more special...

 

[BeachComber7]

Thanks everyone, it was really something to see in person as opposed to a tv show. Yes Donovan, they just came out of the sand and went right to the water, in and out of foot prints, over sea weed, over small stones -they just kept going on their mission to get to the ocean. I hear that witnessing this is not a common event, some people wait on the beach for hours hoping to catch the mother laying her eggs or the babies hatching, so I feel very lucky to have caught it.

Here is a another link I put up, this is the trek of one baby loggerhead making its way all the way to the ocean. Its under 2 minutes.

Trek of one baby Loggerhead video by JoanT7 - Photobucket