Nature Foundation St. Maarten staff encountered two deceased hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtle hatchlings on Gibbs Bay beach in the beginning of April. Sea turtle eggs their incubation period is 60 days, meaning a female may have laid the eggs sometime in late January. Sea turtles in Sint Maarten typically come ashore to nest in April until the end of November. This finding may be evidence of a late nesting season as more late nests were recorded in December or simply an individual outlier from last year’s season. Hawksbills, one of the three sea turtle species that nest on St. ...
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