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The Loggerhead Shrike’s population has declined nearly 80% since 1966. Northern Shrike The breeding grounds for Northern Shrikes are far to the north in Canada and Alaska.

It was there that the team discovered she was full of eggs. With sea turtle nesting season underway, Pennywise has the chance to lay her eggs and continue her vital role in the marine ecosystem.

On occasion, on a walk with Loggerhead Marinelife Center, you might even see baby sea turtles hatch from their eggs and scurry to the ocean, which usually emerge in groups of 80 to 120 hatchlings.

The turtle was spotted along a rocky shoreline between Santa Lucea Beach and the House of Refuge Museum. According to Martin County Fire Rescue, the mother loggerhead came ashore to lay eggs and ...

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Turtles typically lay their eggs about a foot below the surface of the sand somewhere about halfway between the beach’s shoreline and the dunes, according to Loggerhead researcher Sarah Hirsch.