Heading Out To Sea

A beautiful photograph of a single loggerhead turtle that just hatched and emerged from the nest on the beach in Volusia County, Florida at dawn just... more

by Paul Rebmann

Title

Heading Out To Sea

Artist

Paul Rebmann

Medium

Photograph

Description

A beautiful photograph of a single loggerhead turtle that just hatched and emerged from the nest on the beach in Volusia County, Florida at dawn just before entering the Atlantic Ocean.

Heading Out To Sea won first place in the Florida - Beyond Birds category of the Orange Audubon Society's 2008 Kit & Sidney Chertok Nature Photography Contest.

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Even though loggerheads are the most common sea turtle in Florida, they are both state and federally listed as a threatened species. Adults mate in the shallow waters off the coast then come ashore to lay eggs in the dunes above the high tide line. The nesting season starts in May and continues through the summer. The eggs incubate in the sand for about 45-60 days before the hatchlings emerge and crawl to the sea. Both egg laying and hatching usually occur at night.

Uploaded

March 28th, 2013