#turtletuesday — Public Fediverse posts

📰 Leatherbacks Return After Nearly a Decade

🌎 Panama: Critically endangered leatherback sea turtles have returned to nest on the Pacific coast here for the first time since 2017, a conservation milestone.

🐢 Community groups and the Environment Ministry relocated 178 eggs to a protected hatchery to boost survival. Hatchlings expected in September/October! 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

🔗 https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/08/24/latam-pamama-leatherback-sea-turtles-return/1771787592168/

#TurtleTuesday #SeaTurtles #Leatherbacks #Panama #MarineConservation #Biodiversity #Conservation

📰 Record Turtle Nesting Boom in North Carolina

🌎 Northern Outer Banks, NC: Sea turtles are having a banner year with 56 nests, the most since counting began in 2009. Hatchlings are already making their tiny‑tire‑track dash to the ocean.

🐢 Volunteers from NEST patrol 60 miles of beach daily, protecting loggerheads, greens, Kemp’s ridleys, and even a rare leatherback visitor. 🐢🐢🐢

🔗 https://www.whro.org/environment/2026-08-19/sea-turtles-are-nesting-in-record-numbers-on-outer-banks-beaches

@NCConnect

#TurtleTuesday #SeaTurtles #Conservation #OuterBanks #OBX #WildlifeRecovery #Biodiversity

📰 Volunteers Help Track Sea Turtle Hatching Success

🌎 Outer Banks, NC: Protecting sea turtles continues after hatchlings reach the ocean. Trained volunteers with N.E.S.T. return to nests about 72 hours after the last hatchling emerges to carefully excavate and study the nest.

🐢🥚 During excavations, volunteers count eggs, eggshells, unhatched eggs, and any remaining hatchlings. This data helps conservationists measure hatching and emergence success and estimate how many hatchlings successfully left the nest.

🔍 The effort can also document rare genetic conditions and verify nest relocation outcomes. Any live hatchlings found are safely released to continue their journey to the sea.

🤝 The information collected helps scientists monitor nesting success and strengthen sea turtle conservation efforts along North Carolina’s coast.

🔗 https://wcti12.com/news/local/volunteers-excavate-outer-banks-sea-turtle-nests-to-track-hatching-success

@NCConnect

#TurtleTuesday #WildlifeConservation
#SeaTurtles #MarineConservation #Biodiversity #Conservation #WildlifeProtection

📰 Loggerheads Are Surging Across U.S. Beaches

🐢 U.S. SE Coast: A record nesting season is unfolding from the Carolinas to Florida, with loggerhead sea turtles laying more nests than biologists have seen in decades. The sustained protection of beaches, reduced lighting, and long-term monitoring are paying off.

🌍 The boom isn’t universal. While U.S. numbers climb, other global rookeries are seeing declines. Scientists say this contrast underscores how local conservation choices can shape species futures even amid warming oceans and shifting coastlines.

🔬 Researchers and volunteers continue tracking nests, hatchling success, and coastal changes to understand why some regions thrive while others struggle.

🔗 AUDIO
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/08/10/loggerhead-turtles-nesting

@NCConnect

#TurtleTuesday #SeaTurtles #WildlifeConservation #Conservation
#Biodiversity

📰 Leatherback Sea Turtle Nests in VA for the First Time in Recorded History

🐢 Naval Air Station Oceana’s Dam Neck Annex: On this protected beach, Virginia Aquarium staff and partners located the soft, leathery eggs, secured the nest with a predator‑exclusion cage, and will monitor it through the ~60‑day incubation.

🌊 Leatherbacks usually nest on tropical beaches, not temperate Mid‑Atlantic shores. Their appearance here hints at shifting ocean conditions and the importance of keeping coastal habitats healthy.

🔗 https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/first-ever-leatherback-turtle-nesting-in-va-discovered-in-virginia-beach/

#TurtleTuesday
#SeaTurtles #Leatherback #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Biodiversity #CoastalEcology

#Photography :blobcatcamera: "Special Topic Days" tag list! 📍

Together with awesome folks, I am working on making a list with all the special tags for photography.
Not "just" all the tags, but the ones that have a special topic-day.
When you see the list, you (probably) will understand what I mean... :ablobcatangel:

If you know any of these kinds of photography tags that are missing, do let me know, and I will try to add them all to the list! ✅

This is what we have collected so far:

Monday:
#MonDog
#MountainMonday
#MonochromeMonday
#FotoMontag (new pix only!)
#MacroMonday
#MinimalismMonday
#Mohntag
#MallardMonday
#MuscovyMonday
#MushroomMonday
#MotoringMonday
#BumDayMonday

Tuesday:
#TongueOutTuesday
#ThickTrunkTuesday (or Thursday)
#MardiPatisserie (tasty treats)
#TextureTuesday
#ChickenChoosday
#TakoTuesday
#ToesOutTuesday 🐇
#ToeBeanTuesday
#TreesOnTuesday / #TreeTuesday
#TrainTrackTuesday
#TurtleTuesday
#Entendienstag / #DuckTuesday
#TilesOnTuesday
#Toothday
#TabbyTuesday
#Bienstag
#PawTuckTuesday

Wednesday:
#WaterfallWednesday
#MeerMittwoch / #SeaWednesday
#MERcredi
#RoseWednesday
#WaterwayWednesday
#WoodlandWednesday
#WhiskersWednesday
#MähMittwoch / #DefaidodonDay / #DyddDefaidodon / #Defaidodon / #Ewesday
#WildlifeWednesday
#WaterWednesday
#WavyWednesday
#WildflowerWednesday
#FluffyButtWednesday
#MacroMittwoch
#Wrensday
#WolfWednesday
#Wedsneigh
#WoodslandWednesday

Thursday:
#ThickTrunkThursday (or Tuesday)
#Doorsday
#ThrowbackThursday / #TBT
#ThursdayBins
#ThistleThursday
#Birdsday / #Birbsday

Friday:
#FensterFreitag / #WindowFriday
#FootpathFriday
#ForestFriday
#FlowerFriday
#FungiFriday / #Mushtodon / #ShroomScrolling
#FernFriday / #FernsOnFriday / #Feniverse / #Farnsehen
#FrüchteFreitag / #FruitFriday / #FruitsFriday
#FingerPostFriday
#FencepostFriday
#StaircaseFriday

Saturday:
#Caturday
#InsektenSamstag / #InsectSaturday
#SchiffSamstag / #SchiffSamstag / #ShipSaturday
#StatuenSamstag / #StatueSaturday
#SpookySaturday
#SaturdaySinage
#SquirrelSaturday
#SaturdayScenery

Sunday:
#SilentSunday / #StillerSonntag
#StandingStoneSunday
#CemeterySunday
#BunDay 🐇

Please, if I missed any, do let me know! I hope to make this list as complete as possible. 📸

Edit: this Toot will get edited when new tags are shared. :ablobcatwink:

🐢🐢 TURTLE TUESDAY 🐢🐢

🌏 Tiny Raine Island is the largest nesting site for 90% of endangered Green Sea Turtles. Unfortunately, rising sea levels are creating slopes that cause hatchlings to flip over and die. Climate change's heat is causing too many females to be born.

💪 But an intrepid group of egg relocation specialists, armed with high tech and knowledge from Indigenous groups nearby, is saving the day. They have relocated eggs at scale to a safer island.

🌊 This year, more than 9,100 northern Great Barrier Reef green sea turtle hatchlings have begun their journey to the sea. An amazing 82% of the relocated eggs hatched and made it to the water.

✅ This is another example of a conservation effort that is successful because it uses Indigenous knowledge to be ecological and sustainable.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-01/green-sea-turtle-babies-hatch-/106739118

#TurtleTuesday #SeaTurtles #Conservation #GreenSeaTurtles #Environment #ClimateChange #WildlifeConservation #Wildlife #Biodiversity