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Title: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Caitie on 21-Aug-09, 03:31:08 PM http://www.fla-keys.com/turtlecam/ (http://www.fla-keys.com/turtlecam/)
View a Live Turtle Webcam in the Lower Florida Keys :mbanana: Let the fun begin !! Environmental enthusiasts should be able to observe infant loggerhead sea turtles hatching and emerging from their nest, via this live streaming “turtle webcam” installed on a private beach on Big Pine Key in the Lower Florida Keys. The camera, funded by the Florida Keys Tourist Development Council, currently is focused on a nest with eggs projected to hatch sometime between Aug. 27 and Sept.3. Afterwards, plans call for relocating the webcam to other nearby nests. Approximate dates loggerhead turtles are expected to hatch:: Nest 1 Failed to hatch by Aug. 25 (Cam moved to Nest #2) Nest 2 Nighttime hours of Aug. 27 (Hatched) Nest 3 Nighttime hours Sept. 1 THEY HATCHED AND I SAW IT 8:52P WOW WOW! It was truly amazing but so fast! From the first little guy all of a sudden they all are out and running. I captured it all on a quicktime movie but I don't know how to post it :no: but heres a few of my capture pictures. And their was a hammie who was the last, did a backflip, and struggled but made it. sooo cute! :clap: :dogwag: Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 21-Aug-09, 04:29:03 PM Rich loves turtles, so maybe we'll get lucky and catch one of the nests hatching!
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Caitie on 21-Aug-09, 08:32:38 PM Rich loves turtles, so maybe we'll get lucky and catch one of the nests hatching! Its pretty addictive. I saw a deer go by before the sun set. I just hope I can tell between a large crab and a sea turtle in size. Im guessing the turtle will be bigger.Good luck ! I hope one of us sees something :2thumbsup:Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 21-Aug-09, 08:34:46 PM Rich loves turtles, so maybe we'll get lucky and catch one of the nests hatching! Its pretty addictive. I saw a deer go by before the sun set. I just hope I can tell between a large crab and a sea turtle in size. Im guessing the turtle will be bigger.Good luck ! I hope one of us sees something :2thumbsup:I saw the deer also and the crab that I thought was a turtle....lol Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 22-Aug-09, 06:59:41 AM Donna - the last thing you need is another addictive website :laugh: I can see it now, movies of the crabs :spider: Love it! :heart:
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 22-Aug-09, 07:18:12 AM Donna - the last thing you need is another addictive website :laugh: I can see it now, movies of the crabs :spider: Love it! :heart: Yes, I have it open..watched :tv: it all last night and NOW. It's not everyday you see a baby sea turtle and I'll probably miss this one. :silly: Donna Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 22-Aug-09, 11:48:46 AM Bet you find the only Hermit Crab in the area changing it's home! :harhar: In fact, I can't wait to see what you see :happy: :clap:
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Judi on 23-Aug-09, 12:34:35 AM I saw the deer also and the crab that I thought was a turtle....lol Just remember that the crab walks sideways and has many legs (think big :spider: with a shell) and the turtle skooches and only has 4 legs...(just trying to be helpful here!) :D Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 23-Aug-09, 06:06:11 AM Just remember that the crab walks sideways and has many legs (think big :spider: with a shell) :laugh: Sounds like me on a damp day! :clap: :eyecat: (love the EyeCat) Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 23-Aug-09, 08:09:47 AM I saw the deer also and the crab that I thought was a turtle....lol Just remember that the crab walks sideways and has many legs (think big :spider: with a shell) and the turtle skooches and only has 4 legs...(just trying to be helpful here!) :D Judi, when I saw the crab :spider: (with shell) that I thought was a turtle, it was a very blurry shot. All I saw was movement. After a few seconds, I realized, it was NOT a turtle. Actually, it moved to fast and it was only 1. Thanks Donna Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 23-Aug-09, 10:11:36 AM This guy was raking the seaweed into a pile. Wouldn't that make it harder for the hatchlings to reach the water? ???
Donna Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 23-Aug-09, 10:48:30 AM Now they are flattening the seaweed. Guess it's better than picking it up!
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 23-Aug-09, 11:50:59 AM I thought people, animals, and things were supposed to stay away from the nests. ???
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 23-Aug-09, 12:12:31 PM I thought people, animals, and things were supposed to stay away from the nests. ??? Yeah well... :( :stupid: I saw a pretty big lizard go by yesterday and I thought he was going to dig up the eggs. :o :scaredblue: Guess they can't keep everything away :frog: Donna Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 23-Aug-09, 12:56:41 PM I meant animals like dogs. :happy:
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 23-Aug-09, 04:16:33 PM Lizard hanging around turtle eggs.....hope he's not hungry :frog:
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 23-Aug-09, 07:11:46 PM Man! You see lizards and I see bugs! Man!
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 23-Aug-09, 07:42:38 PM Man! You see lizards and I see bugs! Man! I guess it's all timing Janet! I wish they would hatch already. I worry about the Seagulls.....you know. :nono: Donna Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 24-Aug-09, 06:20:06 AM Windy this morning - looks like there are blobs in the sand - probably just blobs! :whistle: :duck:
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 24-Aug-09, 07:50:18 PM Windy this morning - looks like there are blobs in the sand - probably just blobs! :whistle: :duck: Tonight is suppose to be the last night for hatching. I'm watching but nuttin happenin. :hyper: Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 25-Aug-09, 06:04:08 AM Windy this morning - looks like there are blobs in the sand - probably just blobs! :whistle: :duck: Tonight is suppose to be the last night for hatching. I'm watching but nuttin happenin. :hyper: Been watching since a ridiculous time - nothin! Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 25-Aug-09, 06:09:10 AM Windy this morning - looks like there are blobs in the sand - probably just blobs! :whistle: :duck: Tonight is suppose to be the last night for hatching. I'm watching but nuttin happenin. :hyper: Been watching since a ridiculous time - nothin! Yeah what gives? ??? Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 25-Aug-09, 06:11:43 AM Yeah what gives? ??? Snakes, Rich out of town, the usual! :sleepy: Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Caitie on 25-Aug-09, 01:24:46 PM I was watching up till midnight last night and then 5 am this morning and saw nutin but crabs and wind :tickedoff:
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 25-Aug-09, 01:49:27 PM I was watching up till midnight last night and then 5 am this morning and saw nutin but crabs and wind :tickedoff: I only saw the wind, but maybe I was simply too tired. :spider: :nap: Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 25-Aug-09, 08:51:35 PM The sea turtles may be hatching.....people there with flashlights. Hopefully, this is the night.
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 25-Aug-09, 09:00:37 PM The sea turtles may be hatching.....people there with flashlights. Hopefully, this is the night. Dang! Not only are the turtles being stubborn, I missed the people! All I've seen are waves and a mosquito...I do see they changed the date to today...Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 25-Aug-09, 09:24:47 PM Well, can't stay awake any more (when did I stop being a night owl? :nap: Sheesh!) I hope they finally hatch! I'll check for pics in the morning...
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Caitie on 25-Aug-09, 09:47:58 PM The sea turtles may be hatching.....people there with flashlights. Hopefully, this is the night. Dang! Not only are the turtles being stubborn, I missed the people! All I've seen are waves and a mosquito...I do see they changed the date to today...The date in the scale for nest one was always the 25th but up above it said the 24th. What date changed? :confused: Heck their commin when they're gosh darn ready Im thinkin ..da heck with the biologist :suspicious: I keep hearing Glinda the Good Witch singing Come out Come out in my head lol :stupid: Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 25-Aug-09, 10:51:55 PM Tired of watching nothing happening on Turtle cam....I'm going to bed. If they hatch over nite, so be it. They will have videos after. :sleepy: :sleepy: :sleepy: :sleepy: :snore: :snore: :snore: :snore:
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 26-Aug-09, 05:23:44 AM Just looked and I don't even see the wind today ???
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 26-Aug-09, 07:01:21 AM Did they hatch.......did I miss it??? Go do a load of laundry and I see tracks and holes in sand.....hmmm :o
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 26-Aug-09, 07:10:36 AM something just crawled out - don't know what - look now
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 26-Aug-09, 07:13:37 AM something just crawled out - don't know what - look now It was a crab, the guy moved it out of the way. I think this is a new nest....the sand looks whiter..what do you think janet? Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Judi on 26-Aug-09, 09:36:52 AM something just crawled out - don't know what - look now It was a crab, the guy moved it out of the way. I think this is a new nest....the sand looks whiter..what do you think janet? I just peeked at the cam and I think you're right, Donna. Either it's a new location or they moved the cam back a bit, the sign is not as close to the cam as it was before. Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 26-Aug-09, 11:39:39 AM I saw the guy moving something this morning....
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 26-Aug-09, 09:05:08 PM I saw the guy moving something this morning.... Nest 1 :crying: Failed to hatch by Aug. 25 Oh well so much for nest #1, now were watching nest #2. Hmmm. :hyper: Hopefully this one is better. Approximate dates loggerhead turtles are expected to hatch:: Nest 1 Failed to hatch by Aug. 25 Nest 2 Nighttime hours between Aug. 27 and Sept. 3 Nest 3 Nighttime hours between Sept. 1 and Sept. 9 Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Judi on 26-Aug-09, 11:29:17 PM Nest 1 :crying: Failed to hatch by Aug. 25 Oh well so much for nest #1, now were watching nest #2. Hmmm. :hyper: Hopefully this one is better. Approximate dates loggerhead turtles are expected to hatch:: Nest 1 Failed to hatch by Aug. 25 Nest 2 Nighttime hours between Aug. 27 and Sept. 3 Nest 3 Nighttime hours between Sept. 1 and Sept. 9 It's very possible that the nest was raided by predators (not just 4-legged but also 2 legged and winged), not an unusual occurance. Keeping my fingers crossed for nest #2! :wave: Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 27-Aug-09, 05:42:47 AM It's very possible that the nest was raided by predators (not just 4-legged but also 2 legged and winged), not an unusual occurance. Keeping my fingers crossed for nest #2! :wave: Environmental enthusiasts should be able to observe infant loggerhead sea turtles hatching and emerging from their nest, via this live streaming “turtle webcam” installed on a private beach on Big Pine Key in the Lower Florida Keys. The camera, funded by the Florida Keys Tourist Development Council, is currently focused on a second nest with eggs projected to hatch during the nighttime hours sometime between now and Sept. 3. The camera was previously trained on a nest that was expected to hatch between Aug. 17 and Aug. 25, yet no hatchlings emerged. Researchers plan to excavate the nest to determine what factors affected the predicted hatch. Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 28-Aug-09, 07:56:37 AM I didn't see it but either they hatched or something has been digging in the nest. :frog:
Donna Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Caitie on 28-Aug-09, 11:16:50 AM Posted on the site:
August 28, 2009, 10:50 a.m.: The camera has intentionally been turned off temporarily and the streaming video will resume early this afternoon. We will also be uploading video of the nest excavation Monday morning. Thank you! Title: Here's the latest on the nests Post by: Donna on 28-Aug-09, 10:11:40 PM Environmental enthusiasts should be able to observe loggerhead sea turtles hatching and emerging from their nest, via this live streaming “turtle webcam” installed on a private beach on Big Pine Key in the Lower Florida Keys. The camera, funded by the Florida Keys Tourist Development Council, was previously trained on a nest (Nest #1) that was expected to hatch between Aug. 17 and Aug. 25, yet no hatchlings emerged. A second nest of eggs (Nest #2) hatched during the nighttime hours on Aug. 27. Due to natural predation by nearby raccoons, a small number of hatchlings were scavenged. Permitted beach surveyors excavated loggerhead Nest #2 and found a total of 84 eggs. Of these, 80 hatched successfully, including one live hatchling discovered and released during excavation, and four unfertilized eggs.The camera is expected to be focused on a third nest with eggs projected to hatch during the nighttime hours sometime between Sept. 1 and Sept. 8.
It is important to note that in any turtle nest hatchings, natural predation by other animals - raccoons, seagulls, ghost crabs, even feral cats - is a normal occurrence. Viewers should understand this is a possibility, and to not be alarmed in the event this happens during such an extraordinary natural event. Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Caitie on 01-Sep-09, 08:54:12 PM THERE'RE HATCHING AT 8:52 PM MONDAY!! bguitar bguitar bguitar
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Caitie on 01-Sep-09, 10:25:23 PM :duck: One little turtle had such a hard time making it over the rope. Theres always a little Hammie struggling for an awwww moment but after a back flip back into his hole he finally made it and caught up with his brothers and sisters :bravo: (more pics on page 1)
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 01-Sep-09, 10:28:24 PM That was amazing to watch!!!! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Caitie on 01-Sep-09, 10:48:08 PM That was amazing to watch!!!! :thumbsup: Its was ! I posted some more pics on page 1 and I have a quicktime movie of it all but I don't know how to get it off my desktop and onto the site. It only took a total of 5 minutes for them to get to the water once the first few guys came out. It was like a volcano of baby turtles :rofl: Glad they all made it to the water. I didn't want to see anything bad happen nature or not my fingers were crossed. Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 02-Sep-09, 06:36:25 AM Deer walks by turtle nest.
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Donna on 02-Sep-09, 07:36:02 AM It has to be hard on the newly hatched turtles...look at all the debris and seaweed they have to trek through. I hope none got stuck in that mess.
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: valhalla on 02-Sep-09, 08:35:55 AM That was amazing to watch!!!! :thumbsup: I was sleeping, :nap: so I missed it! Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 02-Sep-09, 08:05:16 PM That was amazing to watch!!!! :thumbsup: I was sleeping, :nap: so I missed it! Me too, Janet! Oh well! The video of the hatch is posted now... http://www.fla-keys.com/turtlecam/ Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Caitie on 02-Sep-09, 09:50:19 PM I guess they had to do alot of editing because they didn't show the little last baby who was sooo cute trying for 15 seconds to flap his little fins and get over the rope only to tumble backwards into his hole. Then out he came like gangbusters trying to catch up. I wish they hadn't cut that out it was a special moment watching that little one. I did notice some :flash: in the original not there now too
Title: Re: Sea Turtle Nest in Florida Keys Post by: Caitie on 04-Sep-09, 10:47:27 PM They posted a video of the excavation of nest 2. Its pretty neat. You can find it right under their posted pictures of the excavation
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