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Kemp's ridley sea turtle covers up her nest
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Hatteras Districts first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season, laid on May 16, roughly 3 miles south of Ramp 38
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A female Loggerhead Sea Turtle making her way back to the ocean after nesting south of Ramp 72
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A Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle heading back to the ocean after laying eggs south of Ramp 55
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Kemps Ridley nesting near Ramp 55
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Large hatch event in progress west of Ramp 49 within the ORV route just before 9 p.m. Tuesday, August 15, 2023
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A late Green Sea Turtle nest was found on Thursday, Sept. 21, north of Ramp 63
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A couple of Loggerhead hatchlings making their way to the ocean
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The last two Ocracoke sea turtle hatchlings of the season made their way to the ocean on Monday, Oct. 9
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Green sea turtle hatchlings found during a nest check and the subsequent hatching event for the same nest (1)
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Green sea turtle hatchlings found during a nest check and the subsequent hatching event for the same nest
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A green sea turtle nesting west of Ramp 55 on Oct. 29, photo taken by a visitor at around 2 AM
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A green turtle hatchling crawling its way to the ocean north of Buxton Village from nest
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Green turtle hatchlings emerging past the predator guard of nest, north of Buxton Village
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Green turtle hatchling making its way to the ocean after being freshly excavated from a nesting site
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One of the three Leatherback hatchlings that was released on August 29 as part of storm protocol (in preparation of Hurricane Franklin-Tropical Storm Idalia
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A sea turtle nest boil captured with trail cam; a ghost crab can be seen interacting with a hatchling
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Exit tracks from a Green Sea Turtle right on Ramp 63
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A green sea turtle returns to the ocean after laying a nest on Hatteras Island
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Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings on Ocracoke Island make their way to the water
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One of seven Loggerhead sea turtle nests found from Ramp 30 - Hatteras Inlet
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A Loggerhead sea turtle nest – the first nest confirmed for the Bodie Island District
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A loggerhead sea turtle nesting at sunrise in Rodanthe
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Biological Science Technician assesses a Loggerhead Sea Turtle crawl before looking for eggs. This ended up being the HI Districts second nest of the season
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A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl at sunrise
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First sea turtle nest of 2023 season
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A Loggerhead false crawl at sunrise
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A loggerhead morning-nester found this past weekend, north of Ramp 67
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A live, leucistic Loggerhead sea turtle (shown here with a sandy face) was found during a nest excavation this past week. It was safely released into the ocean on July 27, 2022
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A green sea turtle returns to the ocean after covering her nest on Bodie Island (north of Ramp 4)
