In the coming weeks islanders will begin noticing nests on the beach full of sea turtle eggs.
The official nesting season on Sanibel and Captiva occurs annually May 1 to Oct. 31 and officials from the City of Sanibel and Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) are asking residents and visitors to be cautious along the 11-miles of shoreline facing the Gulf of Mexico.
Sanibel and Captiva receive more nesting activity than any other beach in Lee County and survival is hard enough — hatchlings have only a one-in-1,000 chance — with natural barriers like predators and dehydration, not taking into account the hardships inadvertently posed by humans.
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