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    • Oct 14, 2021by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments

      NC Sea Turtle Scoop: 2021 Nesting Season

       
      Sea Turtle Scoop: Your Look Inside the 2021 Nesting Season at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
       
      Sea Turtle Scoop: Your Look Inside the 2021 Nesting Season at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
      Did you know that each summer biologists at Cape Hatteras National Seashore carefully track, learn from, and protect hundreds of sea turtle nests here in your OBX national parks?
       
      If you’ve participate in our Adopt a Nest program, you know how fun it is to get your personal email at the end of the summer telling you how many baby sea turtles left your adopted nest to make their way to the ocean. This year, we thought all of you might enjoy a look inside the sea turtle nesting season!
       
      While human visitors flocked to the seashore in record numbers this summer, over 300 sea turtles also made their way here to nest. We are excited to share that over 19,000 hatchlings made their way to the ocean, and that you all helped us raise $10,451 to protect and enhance this special place!
       
      Check out your “sea turtle scoop” below, and thank you for supporting your OBX national parks!
       
       
      An adult loggerhead sea turtle makes her way back into the ocean. Photo: NPS/B. Ranelli
       
      Get to Know Your
      OBX Sea Turtles
       
      Join us in saying a special thank you to Ben Ranelli, a seasonal ranger at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, for writing such interesting and informative articles about the sea turtle species that call the Seashore their home.
       
      Check out Ben’s series on our website to learn more about Kemp’s ridley, green and loggerhead sea turtles.
       
      Virtual Sea Turtle Experience at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
       
      Virtual Sea Turtle Nest Experiences
       
      In case you missed it, we teamed up with your national park staff and our friends at the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau to bring you two exciting virtual sea turtle experiences this summer!
       
      Watch as biological technicians carefully excavate a sea turtle nest after it hatched — and then release the hatchings they rescue into the ocean!
       
       
       
       
      Outer Banks Forever is an official partner of the National Park Service and the three national parks of the Outer Banks.
       
      Learn more at www.obxforever.org
       
      Outer Banks Forever | 802 Colington Rd., Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948

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