Gumbo Limbo
Turtle Walk & Hatchling Release
Pictures, a video clip & visitor info
from the Gumbo Limbo Turtle Walk & Hatchling Release programs in Boca Raton, FL.
 Loggerhead Hatchling |
 Baby Sea Turtle |
 Preserved Sea Turtle |
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 Annual Nesting Totals |
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 Taxidermy Loggerhead Turtle |
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| The "Hatchling Release" program takes place later in the sea turtle season from late July to mid-August. Tickets are available first to members for $5 and then later to the general public for $8 per person. | ||||
 Loggerhead Skull |
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 Female Loggerhead On Beach |
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| The pictures on this page are combined from both a Turtle Walk and Hatchling Release that took place on separate occasions. Most of the images are screen captures from the video I shot with a Sony HC20 camcorder equipped with "Nightshot" and also a Sima SL-20IR infrared light. No flash photography, cell phones, flashlights, or other light emitting devices are allowed on a Turtle Walk or Hatchling Release since they can disorientate the turtles. Red lights or infrared lighting is allowed because they are outside the turtle's visible spectrum. | ||||
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| To view the full
video that these images were captured from, click on the large blue link
below. The video is encoded in the Windows Media Video (WMV) format, runs
about 8 minutes long and has a file size of 20mb. If you'd like to download
the movie to your hard drive, right click on the link and choose "Save
Target As" or "Save Link As". |
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| For more of my related photo galleries, take a look at the following links: Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Red Reef Park, American Orchid Society, Morikami Japanese Gardens, Palm Beach Zoo, Mounts Botanical Garden, Taste of the Palm Beaches, and the Fountains At Camino Farmer's Market. | ||||